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Crane Creek #1: 4 reportable incidents Coal

H E L Coals Inc · Surface
Controlled by Rogers Micca
Avondale, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607583

Crane Creek #1 has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Dec 1990
Ownership history
  1. Pandex Corp 1988 to 1988
  2. H E L Coals 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)
1991 16 71,386
1990 33 241,418
1989 25 231,127
1988 5 13,599
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

4 on file

1990 · 4 incidents

August 3, 1990 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H E L Coals Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

ROLLING OIL BARRELL TO GET A BUCKET UNDER IT, TO PUT OIL IN 992 LAODER. FELT A PAIN IN BACK OF NECK. PINCH NERVE IN NECK.

July 5, 1990 WV · Coal auger helper MACHINERY
H E L Coals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PICKING UP PIECES OF METAL (30-4016) AND GRINDING SLAG OFF THEM WITH ELECTRIC GRINDER.

April 7, 1990 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H E L Coals Inc · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS GOING TO GET OFF DOZER. SLIPPED AND FELL WITH LEG IN BETWEEN TRACK AND PUSH ARM OF DOZER.