Mining Incidents

Red Stone Strip Mine Coal

Rail & River Mining Company · Surface
Controlled by Rail & River Mining Co
Taylor County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4602769

MSHA record for Red Stone Strip Mine (mine ID 4602769). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Rail & River Mining Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Red Stone Strip Mine sits in Taylor County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.
Taylor County, West Virginia · Population 16,543
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$56,807
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.