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Crane Creek #1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Kevron Contracting Inc · Surface
Controlled by Charles Ron Eric
Roderfield, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607612

Crane Creek #1 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
Feb 1990
Ownership history
  1. Vaco Enterprises Inc 1988 to 1990
  2. Kevron Contracting Inc 1990 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)
1991 28 30,764
1990 30 227,581
1989 27 289,196
1988 17 30,144
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Crane Creek #1 sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% 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.
McDowell County, West Virginia · Population 18,413
13.0%
Mining share of county employment
$29,980
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 · 1 incident

February 23, 1990 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vaco Enterprises Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE FUELING HIS DOZER HE HAD RIGHT FOOT ON FUEL TANK AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO GET BACK TO DOZER HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM TANK.

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1989 · 1 incident

January 30, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vaco Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

CLEANING DOZER TRACKS,ROCK ROLLED DOWN HITTING LOWER LEFT LEG.