Prime Augering Inc · Fall from machine
THE OPERATOR STEPPED OFF THE BACK OF THE AUGER AND FELL. BREAKING HIS LEFT ARM.
Prime Horse Creek: 1 reportable incident Coal
MSHA record for Prime Horse Creek (mine ID 4608602). 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
- 1997
- Latest incident
- Jan 1997
Ownership history
- Prime Augering Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Prime Horse Creek sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% 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.Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.