Mining Incidents

5-Block Auger Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Powellton, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607387

MSHA record for 5-Block Auger Mine (mine ID 4607387). 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
Aug 1988
Ownership history
  1. Hawks Nest Mining Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

5-Block Auger Mine sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
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

August 17, 1988 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hawks Nest Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON TRACK OF DOZER TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.