Mining Incidents

Big Creek Surface Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Gracie Inc · Surface
Controlled by Tracy W Hylton II
Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607708

MSHA record for Big Creek Surface Mine (mine ID 4607708). 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
1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
Ownership history
  1. Gracie Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Big Creek Surface Mine sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
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

September 13, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Gracie Inc · Fall from machine

COMING DOWN STEEP ROAD LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK TRUCK RAN IN DITCH AND CAUGHT FIRE