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Big Creek Tiller Mine: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Sea B Mining Company · Underground
Controlled by Pittston Company
Jewell Ridge, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4401488

MSHA record for Big Creek Tiller Mine (mine ID 4401488). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1987–1989
Latest incident
Feb 1989
Ownership history
  1. Sea B Mining Company 1950 to present
  2. West Fork Energy Inc 1987 to 1991
  3. Charger Coal Company Inc 1991 to 1993
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Big Creek Tiller Mine sits in Tazewell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
Tazewell County, Virginia · Population 39,933
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$45,788
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1989 · 1 incident

February 23, 1989 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
West Fork Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGED HURT LOWER PART OF BACK WHILE TIGHTENING BRAKES ON RAILROAD.

1988 · 5 incidents

October 10, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Fork Energy Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKING UP BELT ROLLER & FELT PAIN IN BACK OF LEFT LEG

July 29, 1988 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Fork Energy Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING MINER CABLE, EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

April 20, 1988 VA · Coal MACHINERY
West Fork Energy Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL ALLEGES HE WAS BACKING UP ROOF BOLTER & HIT ROOF BOLT INJURING HIMSELF ON LEFT SIDE INJURING LOWER BACK.

March 21, 1988 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
West Fork Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WAS RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR & THE STEERING PUMP QUIT ON A LEFT TURN & I FELT A SHARP PAIN IN MY LOWER PART OF MY BACK

1987 · 2 incidents

November 12, 1987 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler ELECTRICAL
West Fork Energy Inc · Contact with electrical current

UNHOOKED LIGHTS3BEING USED TO DRY THEM OUT.-TRASNSFORMER-. REACHED IN TO TAKE BULBS OUT AND GOT SHOCKED.