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Cascade Tipple: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Greer Steel Company
Masontown, Preston County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4602898

MSHA record for Cascade Tipple (mine ID 4602898). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Dec 1988
Ownership history
  1. Preston County Coal & Coke Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Cascade Tipple 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

2 on file

1988 · 1 incident

December 27, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Preston County Coal & Coke Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PUTTING A HYDRAULIC PUMP BACK ON A BACKHOE THE WORKER EXPERIENCED PAIN IN H IS BACK WHILE TWISTING THE PUMP TO LINE UP THE SPIKES ON THE SHAFT

1983 · 1 incident

March 18, 1983 WV · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Preston County Coal & Coke Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SET A RAILROAD TIE DOWN AND RELEASED THE HOOK HOLDING TH*E TIE WATCHED THE HOOK SWING AROUND BEHIND THE WORKER WHICH THEN JERKED AND SWUNG AROUND IN FRONT OF HIM AND CAUGHT HIS EYE