Mining Incidents

Otter Creek Auger Coal

Stear Auger Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Leroy Stear
Drennen, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607702

MSHA record for Otter Creek Auger (mine ID 4607702). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Stear Auger Mining Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Otter Creek Auger sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.