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Fairway Mine (Tipple): 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by La Rosa Corp
Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603107

Fairway Mine (Tipple) has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
May 1984
Ownership history
  1. Ann Lorentz Coal Company 1950 to 1984
  2. La Rosa Fuel Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1984 6
1983 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Fairway Mine (Tipple) sits in Upshur 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.
Upshur County, West Virginia · Population 23,758
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$51,859
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

1984 · 2 incidents

May 8, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ann Lorentz Coal Company · Struck by falling object

TWO EMPLOYEES I.NAME & I.NAME WERE TEARING DOWN AN OLD WOODEN BUILDING WHEN BUILDING SUDDENLY COLLAPSED STRIKING ONE MAN ON THE HEAD AND STRIKING THE OTHER MAN ON THE LOWER RIGHT LEG, BREAKIN G HIS LEG

May 8, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ann Lorentz Coal Company · Struck by falling object

TWO EMPLOYEES I.NAME & I.NAME WERE TEARING DOWN AN OLD WOODEN BUILDING WHEN BUILDING SUDDENLY COLLAPSED STRIKING ONE MAN ON THE HEAD AND STRIKING THE OTHER MAN ON THE LOWER RIGHT LEG, BREAKIN G HIS LEG