Mining Incidents

Rock Camp Strip: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Garland George Jr
Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606527

MSHA record for Rock Camp Strip (mine ID 4606527). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Nov 1984
Ownership history
  1. Round Mountain Coal Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rock Camp Strip 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

1984 · 1 incident

November 14, 1984 WV · Coal welder (shop) FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Round Mountain Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMP HAD BEEN CUTTING AND WELDING ON TAILEND OF 773 TRUCK BED HE HAD JUST WELDED A PIECE OF METAL IN PLACE AND AS HE WAS TURNING TO W ALK AWAY FROM HIS CUTTING TORCH A PIECE OF ICE FELL OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON LEFT LEG BELOW THE KNEE