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Pepper No 1 Tipple: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Nu-Way Mining Company · Facility
Controlled by Grafton Coal Company
Weston, Lewis County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606142

MSHA record for Pepper No 1 Tipple (mine ID 4606142). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1987–1990
Latest incident
Feb 1990
Ownership history
  1. Nu-Way Mining Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pepper No 1 Tipple sits in Lewis County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 8.1% 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.
Lewis County, West Virginia · Population 16,808
8.1%
Mining share of county employment
$52,279
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1990 · 1 incident

February 21, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Nu-Way Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNLOADING STRUCTURE FROM DRYER WHEN CHAIN UNHOOKED AND SLIPPED THROUGH BOOM HOOK AND END OF CHAIN WITH HOOK ON IT, STRUCK HIM ON TOP OF HEAD. HE TRIED TO RUN FROM BESIDE CONTROLS, BUT COULD NO T GET OUT OF THE WAY. NO HARD HAT WORN AT TIME OF ACCIDENT BY I,NAME.

1989 · 3 incidents

September 20, 1989 WV · Coal drill operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Nu-Way Mining Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

APPLIED FOR HEARING LOSS.

September 18, 1989 WV · Coal drill operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Nu-Way Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

APPLIED FOR BLACK LUNG

February 15, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nu-Way Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKING ON TURN SIGNALS. FELLOW EMPLOYEE SHUT TRACK HOOD ON RIGHT HAND.

1988 · 2 incidents

November 16, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Nu-Way Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

FILED FOR BALCK LUNG CLAIM

September 6, 1988 WV · Coal DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Nu-Way Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

FILES BLACK LUNG.

1987 · 2 incidents

November 19, 1987 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Nu-Way Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I.NAME FILED ST5TE OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMONIOSIS HAS NOT WORKED FOR GRAFTON SINCE 10-16-86

October 21, 1987 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Nu-Way Mining Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME FILED ST5TE OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS CLAIM HAD BEEN RETIRED SINCE 1-21-85