Mining Incidents

Rutherford County 221 West Mine Metal/Non-Metal

N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways · Surface
Controlled by State Of North Carolina
Rutherford County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3101247

MSHA record for Rutherford County 221 West Mine (mine ID 3101247). 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. N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rutherford County 221 West Mine sits in Rutherford County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Rutherford County, North Carolina · Population 64,850
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$49,771
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.