Mining Incidents

Leetown Tipple Coal

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

MSHA record for Leetown Tipple (mine ID 4403250). 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
1986
Latest incident
May 1986
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.

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