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Tower Mountain No 1 Auger: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Mc Cullough Ronald W
Lyburn, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608546

MSHA record for Tower Mountain No 1 Auger (mine ID 4608546). 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
1996
Latest incident
Mar 1996
Ownership history
  1. Mc Cullough Mining Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Tower Mountain No 1 Auger sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% 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.
Logan County, West Virginia · Population 31,826
6.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,237
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

1996 · 1 incident

March 18, 1996 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Mc Cullough Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

PIT WAS FINISHED AUGERING AND AUGER MACHINE WAS MOVED BACK AWAY FROM HIGHWALL. 3 MEN WERE DOING MAINTENANCE ON DRILL. SHOOTING CREW PUT OFF A SHOT 2000' AWAY ON SAME COAL BENCH AND THE BACK BL AST CAME THROUGH THE COALBURG DEEP MINE AND EXITED OUT THE AUGER HOLES IN AUGER PIT WHERE THE AUGER CREW WAS DOING MAINTENANCE.