Mining Incidents

Point Mountain Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Mc Cullough Ronald W
Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608261

Point Mountain Surface has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1993.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Jan 1993
Ownership history
  1. Mc Cullough Mining Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1996 0
1995 5 10,770
1994 4 11,085
1993 6 28,776
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Point Mountain Surface sits in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.7% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Greenbrier County, West Virginia · Population 32,688
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$48,662
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1993 · 1 incident

January 29, 1993 WV · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Cullough Mining Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

REMOVING ROCK FROM AUGER HEAD OF AUGER MACHINE ROCK SLED CAUGHTING LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN ROCK AND CUTTING HEAD MASHING FINGER.