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Eagle No 4: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Eagle Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Walker George
Westerport Md, Garrett County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800718

MSHA record for Eagle No 4 (mine ID 1800718). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1992–1993
Latest incident
Oct 1993
Ownership history
  1. Eagle Mining Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Eagle No 4 sits in Garrett County, Maryland, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Garrett County, Maryland · Population 28,713
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$69,031
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

October 25, 1993 MD · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eagle Mining Inc · Fall from machine

ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS HELPING CHANGE THE BOOM CABLE ON A DRAG LINE. DURING THE WORK ACTIVITY THE ACCIDENT VICTIM FELL FROM THE DRAG LINE.

March 7, 1993 MD · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED PERSON WAS HELPING REMOVE A SHAFT WITH GEAR ON IT FROM DRAG LINE. GEAR SLID DOWN SPLINE PINCHING THUMB.

1992 · 1 incident

December 30, 1992 MD · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Eagle Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

VICTIM STEPPED OFF HOUGH 560 LOADER TO INSPECT COAL TO BE LOADED WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE ROLLED OFF LOW WALL AND HIT LOW WALL BURN. A PIECE OF BROKEN SLATE FLEW OVER THE TOP OF BERM AND STRUCK V ICTIM AT MID THIGH LOCATION ON RIGHT LEG CAUSING A BRUISE.