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#3 Surface Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Tracy W Hylton II
Tioga, Webster County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606687

MSHA record for #3 Surface Mine (mine ID 4606687). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1984–1993
Latest incident
Sep 1993
Ownership history
  1. Poe Corp 1983 to 1987
  2. Tammie Lynn Coal Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#3 Surface Mine sits in Webster County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 7.2% 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.
Webster County, West Virginia · Population 8,253
7.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,061
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1993 · 1 incident

September 15, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tammie Lynn Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS HAMMERING ON A TD-25 SEGMENT. HE HIT THE SEGMENT WITH A HAMMER, AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT ARM.

1984 · 2 incidents

April 10, 1984 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Poe Corp · Fall from machine

INJURED WAS DISMOUNTING DOZER AND TWISTED SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

January 31, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Poe Corp · Fall from machine

INJURED WAS CLEANING OUTSIDE OF WINDSHIELD, SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL OFF OF FRONT END LOADER.