Mining Incidents

#1 Mine Surface: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Mc Coy Brothers Inc · Surface
Controlled by Lyons Morgan H
Philippi, Barbour County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4602339

MSHA record for #1 Mine Surface (mine ID 4602339). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1987–1989
Latest incident
Apr 1989
Ownership history
  1. Mc Coy Brothers Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#1 Mine Surface sits in Barbour County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.8% 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.
Barbour County, West Virginia · Population 15,454
6.8%
Mining share of county employment
$48,347
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

1989 · 1 incident

April 10, 1989 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Mc Coy Brothers Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE DRILL STEELS ON ROTARY DRILL, CAUGHT GLOVE IN THE PULL DOWN CHAIN WHICH PULLED HIS HAND INTO THE CHAIN SPROCKET.

1988 · 1 incident

August 3, 1988 WV · Coal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
Mc Coy Brothers Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SUBJECT WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE PIN IN STEEREING HYDRFAULIC VALVE STAYED IN OPEN POSITION CAUSING MACHINE AN INT ERNATIONAL 560 LOADER TO MOVE CAUSING SUBJECT TO CATCH HIS RT.HAND BETWEEN MO UNTING LADDER & THE BODY OF THE MACHINE

1987 · 1 incident

September 22, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mc Coy Brothers Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE NEGLIG9NCE SLIPPED WHILE DISMOUNTING FROM TRUCK.