Putnam Mine Coal
Union Carbide Corp-Metals Division
· Underground
Controlled by
Union Carbide Corp
Mason County,
WV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4601619
MSHA record for Putnam Mine (mine ID 4601619). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- Union Carbide Corp-Metals Division 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Putnam Mine sits in Mason County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.Mason County, West Virginia · Population 25,214
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$53,454
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.