Sang Branch Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
A ROOF FALL OCCURED IN NO 1 ENTRY & WAS FOUND AT 700AM 11-14-89 IT WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP
No 1 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal
Sang Branch Mining Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Herndon David N
Omar,
Logan County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607584
MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4607584). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1989
- Latest incident
- Nov 1989
Ownership history
- Sang Branch Mining Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 1 Mine sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Logan County, West Virginia · Population 31,826
6.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,237
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.