Mining Incidents

Mine No 1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

San-West Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Edward A Asbury
Havaco, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605045

MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 4605045). 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
1983–1987
Latest incident
Feb 1987
Ownership history
  1. Sparks Coal Company Inc 1976 to 1978
  2. Welch Mining Company 1978 to 1984
  3. San-West Coal Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 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

1987 · 1 incident

February 16, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
San-West Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

ICY CONDITIONS 5FTER AN ICE STORM AND FELL OFF ENDLOADER AS BEGINNING TO DESCEND

1983 · 1 incident

July 15, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Welch Mining Company · Fall from machine

BRAKES FAILED ON TRUCK DRIVER JUMPED FROM TRUCK CAUSING COMPOUND FRACTURES TO THE LEFT LEG BELOW KNEE