Mining Incidents

Burris Pit: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Zuspan Francis A
West Columbia, Mason County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606775

MSHA record for Burris Pit (mine ID 4606775). 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
1984
Latest incident
Sep 1984
Ownership history
  1. Sycamore Coal Company 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Burris Pit sits in Mason County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Mason County, West Virginia · Population 25,214
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$53,454
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

1984 · 1 incident

September 24, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sycamore Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMP WAS REPAIRING BRAKES ON LOADER AND FELL FROM LOADER