Mining Incidents

Powdermill Auger #1 Coal

Calcutta Energy, Inc · Surface
Controlled by Justin Carter
Fort Gay, Wayne County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609547

MSHA record for Powdermill Auger #1 (mine ID 4609547). 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. Calcutta Energy, Inc 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Powdermill Auger #1 sits in Wayne County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Wayne County, West Virginia · Population 38,498
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$55,539
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.