Mining Incidents

No 32 Tipple: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Usx Corp
Carbon, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4604668

MSHA record for No 32 Tipple (mine ID 4604668). 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
1983
Latest incident
Jan 1983
Ownership history
  1. Carbon Fuel Company 1950 to 1982
  2. United States Steel Mining Company Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 32 Tipple sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Kanawha County, West Virginia · Population 178,198
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$58,887
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

1983 · 1 incident

January 17, 1983 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLEANING SNOW FROM COAL BIN CONVEYOR INJUREDS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE MISSED THE HAND RAIL WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF CONV. CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS BACK