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Gango #1 Surface: 1 reportable incident Coal

Perry & Hylton Inc · Surface
Controlled by Hylton Tracy W
Oak Hill, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4605874

Gango #1 Surface has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Feb 1985
Ownership history
  1. Perry & Hylton Inc 1978 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)
1985 10 39,985
1984 18 184,550
1983 22 187,923
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Gango #1 Surface sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
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

1985 · 1 incident

February 22, 1985 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Fall from machine

LOADER HAD STALLED PULLING WITH DOZER. I,NAME THOUGHT LOADER MIGHT TOPPLE OVER JUMPED TO GROUND. BRUISED RIGHT HEAL.