Mining Incidents

West Form Mine #1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Wsjj Inc · Surface
Controlled by Estanish William
West Milford, Wv, Harrison County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607988

MSHA record for West Form Mine #1 (mine ID 4607988). 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
1993
Latest incident
Apr 1993
Ownership history
  1. Flex Development Corp 1990 to 1993
  2. Wsjj Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

West Form Mine #1 sits in Harrison County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 2.9% 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.
Harrison County, West Virginia · Population 65,407
2.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,326
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

1993 · 1 incident

April 8, 1993 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Wsjj Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A STUPPED POSITION & LOSS BALANCE & HIT THE PUMP MOTOR SWITCH & HAND WENT INTO THE MOTOR