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Hw&C Mine No 3: 3 reportable incidents Coal

H W & C Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Hite Shirley P
Philippi Wv, Barbour County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606929

Hw&C Mine No 3 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
Nov 1990
Ownership history
  1. C & W Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1988
  2. H W & C Coal Company 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)
1992 10 11,480
1991 11 72,446
1990 11 55,338
1989 11 55,809
1988 3 11,961
1987 0
1986 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Hw&C Mine No 3 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

3 on file

1990 · 1 incident

November 9, 1990 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
H W & C Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR WAS COMING OUT OF H-1 HEADING WITH A LOADED SHUTTLE CAR WHEN ROUNDING OCCURRED TO #2 ENTRY SIPPED INTO RIB HITTING HIS RIGHT KNEE ON RIB.PERSON DID NOT STOP WORK .HE WENT TO A DOCTOR ON DEC 27,1990 LIGAMENT BRUISED.

1989 · 2 incidents

February 14, 1989 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H W & C Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WORKER WAS SHOVELING ALONG #2 BELT WHEN HE FELL (SLIPPED) FALLING ON EDGE OF SHOVEL BRUISING HIS LEFT CHEST POSSIBLY PULLING A CARTRIDGE LOOSE.