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Rockhouse #1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Island Creek Coal Company · Underground
Tioga, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607931

MSHA record for Rockhouse #1 (mine ID 4607931). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Sep 1991
Ownership history
  1. Island Creek Coal Company 1990 to present
  2. Ray Todd Coal Company Inc 1991 to 1992
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rockhouse #1 sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

September 23, 1991 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Ray Todd Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL OPERATING FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER.HE AND ANOTHER EMPL WERE PULLING DRAW ROCK.EMPL GOT LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN ATRS SYSTEM AND PIECE OF DRAW ROCK CAUSING INJURY TO SMALL FINGER LEFT HAND-BRO KEN FINGER.

September 12, 1991 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ray Todd Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERA TING A 21SC JOY SHUTTLE CAR WENT OVER A LOW SPOT & CLAIMED HE DEVELOPED LOWER STOMACH PAIN