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V C #15 Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Valley Camp Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Quaker State Corp
Kelly'S Creek, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4603305

V C #15 Mine has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987
Ownership history
  1. Valley Camp Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1990 0
1989 0
1988 0
1987 1
1986 0
1985 0
1984 0
1983 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

V C #15 Mine 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

3 on file

1987 · 3 incidents

November 30, 1987 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Valley Camp Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG. 3

November 20, 1987 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Valley Camp Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACKLUNG. 3

April 27, 1987 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Valley Camp Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

DUST DISEASES O0 THE LUNGS.