Mining Incidents

The Boot: 1 reportable incident Coal

Edwards Holding Inc · Surface
Controlled by Walls Melisa
Elbert, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608545

MSHA record for The Boot (mine ID 4608545). 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
1997
Latest incident
Oct 1997
Ownership history
  1. Edwards Holding Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

The Boot sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% 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.
McDowell County, West Virginia · Population 18,413
13.0%
Mining share of county employment
$29,980
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

1997 · 1 incident

October 4, 1997 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Edwards Holding Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GPF-OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS. LEFT COMPANY 04-07-97.