Mining Incidents

Wv-1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Tim Doug Johnson
Vulcan, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607361

MSHA record for Wv-1 (mine ID 4607361). 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
1988
Latest incident
Dec 1988
Ownership history
  1. Raton Fuels Corpoation 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Wv-1 sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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.
Mingo County, West Virginia · Population 22,979
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,527
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

1988 · 1 incident

December 13, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Raton Fuels Corpoation · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED IN SNOW ON GROUND WITH SAW IN HIS HAND HIS KNEE STRUCK BLADE ON SAW CAUSING A CUT WHICH REQUIRED THREE STITCHES.