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Roda Tipple: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4400297

MSHA record for Roda Tipple (mine ID 4400297). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1989–1993
Latest incident
Jun 1993
Ownership history
  1. Westmoreland Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Roda Tipple sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% 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.
Wise County, Virginia · Population 35,727
5.9%
Mining share of county employment
$50,740
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1993 · 1 incident

June 14, 1993 VA · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Westmoreland Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MEDICAL REPORT RECEIVED ON JUNE 21 STATED THAT EE IS OFF WORK DUE TO AN OCCUPATION ILLNESS DEGENERATIVE DISC DIEASE AT L2-3 DISC LEVEL IS NOTED.

1990 · 1 incident

December 18, 1990 VA · Coal hoistman, hoist operator ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Westmoreland Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL STATED TO DR THAT HE HAD SUDDEN SHARP SEVERE STABBING PAIN IN & ABOUT AREA OF LEFT SI JOINT THAT RADIATED DOWN LEFT LEG. HE CALLED FOR HELP COWORKERS CABLE TO AID & HELPED HIM BACK TO NEU TRAL AREA. HE CONTINUED TO WORK & FINISHED SHIFTWENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM AROUND 1800.

1989 · 1 incident

June 21, 1989 VA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westmoreland Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED THAT HE WAS DROPPING RAILROAD CARS AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.