Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
Countries
Peru Chile Colombia Brazil Mexico Argentina Ecuador Dominican Republic Guyana Honduras Panama Guatemala Bolivia Nicaragua
Country notes
Venezuela · Suriname · Cuba · Haiti · El Salvador · Costa Rica · Uruguay · Paraguay
English Español
← Back to search

Sawpit Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Coal Cave Inc · Surface
Controlled by Carmen D'Angelo
Elbert, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607747

Sawpit Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1990.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Sawpit Mine.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Apr 1990
Ownership history
  1. Black Oak Mining Inc 1989 to 1992
  2. Ka-Ron Enterprises Of Virginia Inc 1992 to 1992
  3. Coal Cave Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1993 3 8,077
1992 0
1991 4 25,055
1990 4 33,200
1989 3 10,444
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Sawpit Mine 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

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

April 17, 1990 WV · Coal auger helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Black Oak Mining Inc · Fall from machine

AUGER HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN FOR THE DAY RAINY DAY AND MUDDY EE BOOTS WERE PARTIALLY THE AUGER HE SLID HITTING HIS BACK ON THE AUGER OR THE GROUND APPARENTLY SPRAINING THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK AND NECK ESTIMATED TO BE RECOVERED IN 1 MONTH.