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Rosemary Drift: 1 reportable incident Coal

C N Wilcher Mining · Underground
Controlled by Wilcher Geoffrey S
Pond Gap, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607593

MSHA record for Rosemary Drift (mine ID 4607593). 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
1989
Latest incident
Mar 1989
Ownership history
  1. C N Wilcher Mining 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rosemary Drift sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Kanawha County, West Virginia · Population 178,198
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,887
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

1989 · 1 incident

March 15, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
C N Wilcher Mining · Fall from machine

HAULING LOADED TRUCK DOWN MOUNTAIN TRIED TO SHIFT TO HIGHER GEAR.TRUCK STAYED IN MEUTRAL AND STARTED TO RUN AWAY OUT OF CONTROL AND EMPL JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK.