Mining Incidents

Freeport Mine No 1a: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Tygart Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Grafton Coal Company
P O Box 303 Birch River, Braxton County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607497

MSHA record for Freeport Mine No 1a (mine ID 4607497). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
May 1989
Ownership history
  1. Brooks Run Coal Company 1988 to 1988
  2. Tygart Coal Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Freeport Mine No 1a sits in Braxton County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.6% 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.
Braxton County, West Virginia · Population 12,345
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$44,449
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1989 · 5 incidents

May 30, 1989 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tygart Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP MINER CABLES FROM MUD AND WATER. TRIPPED ON PIECE OF ROCK OR COAL AND STOVED LEFT HIP, LEG AND BACK.

May 19, 1989 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tygart Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

HIT RIGHT ANKLE ON DECK GETTING OUT OF SHUTTLE CAR.

May 15, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tygart Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING HEAVY WET COAL SPILLAGE UNDER BELT DRIVE.

March 8, 1989 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Tygart Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

PC OF ROCK FELL FORM ROOF WHILE PUTTING RESIN IN DRILL HOLE CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE L. ELBOW ON CANOOPY.

February 23, 1989 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Tygart Coal Company · Struck by falling object

DRILLING A HOLE WHEN KETTLE BOTTOM FELL OUT OF THE ROOF & SLID DOWN THE STEEL STRIKING LEFT HAND

1988 · 2 incidents

December 12, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Tygart Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PC OF DRILL STEEL ROLLED UNDER BOOM WHILE DOOM WA> RAISED. WHEN BOOM WA> LOWERED TI CAUSGHT DRILL STEEL AND STEEL SPRANG FROM UNDER BOOM STRIKING EMP .