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#1 Surface & Auger: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Czarnowski David S
Leivasy, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607434

#1 Surface & Auger has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
May 1990
Ownership history
  1. White Water Mining Inc 1988 to 1988
  2. Burning Rock Energy Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1990 10 40,778
1989 13 69,418
1988 7 11,565
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

#1 Surface & Auger sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

March 23, 1990 WV · Coal auger helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Burning Rock Energy Inc · Struck by flying object

AS I.NAME WAS GETTING OUT OF TRUCK, A FELLOW EMPLOYEE THREW A ROCK AT THE TRUCK TO GET HIS ATTENTION. AS I.NAME STEPPED OUT OF THE TRUCK, HE STEPPED INTO THE PATH OF THE ROCK. THE ROCK HIT HIM ON HIS EYEBROW CUTTING IT CAUSING A NEED FOR A COUPLE OF STITCHES.