Mining Incidents

Barbour County #1 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Mangus Coal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Maurice Jennings
Newburg, Barbour County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607655

MSHA record for Barbour County #1 Mine (mine ID 4607655). 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
1990
Latest incident
Aug 1990
Ownership history
  1. Mangus Coal Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Barbour County #1 Mine 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

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

August 6, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mangus Coal Inc · Fall from machine

SLIPPED WHEN ENTERING ROCK TRUCK ON STEPS BECAUSE OF MUD ON FEET, FROM RAIN INJURED LEFT SHOULDER.