Mining Incidents

Otsego Refuse Pile Surface Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Pax Mining Company · Facility
Controlled by Costain Group PLC
Mullens, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606232

MSHA record for Otsego Refuse Pile Surface Mine (mine ID 4606232). 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
1984
Latest incident
Apr 1984
Ownership history
  1. Ponds Inc 1980 to 1984
  2. G & W Equipment Leasing Inc 1984 to 1991
  3. Pax Mining Company 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Otsego Refuse Pile Surface Mine sits in Wyoming County, West 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.
Wyoming County, West Virginia · Population 20,948
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$48,038
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

1984 · 1 incident