Mining Incidents

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

MSHA record for Crane Creek #1 (mine ID 4607612). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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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.

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.

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.