Milburn Colliery Company · Accident type, without injuries
SUSPECTED ARSON. TIPPLE COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
Milburn Preparation Plant: 2 reportable incidents Coal
Milburn Colliery Company
· Facility
Controlled by
Christian C Lynch Jr
Milburn,
Fayette County,
WV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603196
MSHA record for Milburn Preparation Plant (mine ID 4603196). 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
- 1984–1989
- Latest incident
- Jul 1989
Ownership history
- Milburn Colliery Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Milburn Preparation Plant sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1989 · 1 incident
1984 · 1 incident
January 19, 1984
WV · Coal
tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Milburn Colliery Company · Struck against stationary object
INJURED WAS WORKING ON 2FT LADDER AS HE RETURNED TO FLOOR LEVEL HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON SIDE OF TANK WALL