Stone Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
AN NTERSECTION IN THE #1 HDG & 20' INBY FELL APPROX 4' THICK & 25' LONG THERE WAS A 3 DAY DELAY IN THIS AREA. THE HEADING WAS DROPPED CRIBBED AND TIMBERED OFF.
Valley Chapel Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal
Stone Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Radabaugh Austin Blaine
P O Box 328 Buckhannon,
Lewis County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607602
MSHA record for Valley Chapel Mine (mine ID 4607602). 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
- 1989–1991
- Latest incident
- Oct 1991
Ownership history
- Stone Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Valley Chapel Mine sits in Lewis County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 8.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Lewis County, West Virginia · Population 16,808
8.1%
Mining share of county employment
$52,279
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1991 · 1 incident
1989 · 1 incident
Stone Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL ABOVE RESIN BOLTS INBY THE FIRST INTAKE CROOS CUT NO 3 ENTRY THE AREA OF THE FALL WAS APPROX 16 FEET X 18 FEET BY 6 FEET HIGH.