Mining Incidents

Three-C Auger: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by David D Bundy
Buckhannon, Wv, Upshur County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608764

Three-C Auger has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1999.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
Sep 1999
Ownership history
  1. Bundy Auger Mining Inc 1999 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)
2000 3 7,379
1999 5 30,069
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Three-C Auger sits in Upshur County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Upshur County, West Virginia · Population 23,758
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$51,859
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4 340 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 567 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 288 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1999 · 2 incidents

September 20, 1999 WV · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bundy Auger Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING AUGER FLIGHTS OFF OF SLED, WHEN SOME FLIGHTS BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM, INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE AND LOW BACK.

April 8, 1999 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Bundy Auger Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE MOVING IN EQUIPMENT, EE'S RIGHT LEG GOT PINNED AGAINST CONVEYOR.