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No 14 Tipple: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Usx Corp
Munson, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603482

MSHA record for No 14 Tipple (mine ID 4603482). 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
1987
Latest incident
Jan 1987
Ownership history
  1. United States Steel Mining Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 14 Tipple sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% 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.
McDowell County, West Virginia · Population 18,413
13.0%
Mining share of county employment
$29,980
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

1987 · 1 incident

January 21, 1987 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Fall down stairs

INJURED WAS WAL5ING DOWN TIPPLE STEPS WHEN HE HUNG HIS FOOT IN THE 3 RD STEP FROM THE BOTTOM CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND.