Mining Incidents

Anawalt Surface Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Coal Cave Inc · Surface
Controlled by Carmen D'Angelo
Anawalt, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607987

MSHA record for Anawalt Surface Mine (mine ID 4607987). 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
1992
Latest incident
Apr 1992
Ownership history
  1. Coal Cave Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Anawalt Surface Mine 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

1 on file

1992 · 1 incident

April 20, 1992 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal Cave Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE FELL OFF TRUCK WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING LAND.