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Leetown Tipple: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Pittston Company
Grundy, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4403250

Leetown Tipple has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1986.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
May 1986
Ownership history
  1. Wellmore Coal Corp 1950 to 1986
  2. Motivation Coal Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1991 3
1990 5
1989 5
1988 5
1987 5
1986 6
1985 1
1984 4
1983 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Leetown Tipple sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
Buchanan County, Virginia · Population 19,857
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,216
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

1986 · 1 incident

May 5, 1986 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Motivation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PI7KING ROCK FROM COAL & THROWING IT IN SHUTE.HE HIT THE SIDE OF SHUTE THE ROCK BROKE & A PIECE HIT HIM IN THE EYE.