Mining Incidents

Bruceton Mills Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Jones Coal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Jones Donald F
Bruceton Mills, Preston County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606633

MSHA record for Bruceton Mills Mine (mine ID 4606633). 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
Aug 1990
Ownership history
  1. Jones Coal Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bruceton Mills Mine sits in Preston 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.
Preston County, West Virginia · Population 34,204
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,373
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

August 15, 1990 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jones Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL WORKING ON BRAKE CONTROL ON BULLDOZER BRAKE CONTROL FELL ON HAND CASUING LACERATION. MACHINE WAS NOT IN OPERATION AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.