Mining Incidents

Summerlee Tipple: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Mountain Carbon Inc · Facility
Controlled by Goodwin Barry K
Summerlee, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603161

MSHA record for Summerlee Tipple (mine ID 4603161). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984–1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
Ownership history
  1. New River Company 1950 to 1981
  2. Summerlee Coal Processing Inc 1981 to 1982
  3. Plateau Coal Sales Inc 1982 to 1982
  4. Pocahontas Coal Sales Inc 1982 to 1988
  5. Mountain Carbon Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Summerlee Tipple sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 1 incident

1984 · 1 incident

September 5, 1984 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pocahontas Coal Sales Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE DISMOUNTING FROM END LOADER THE EMPLOYEE\S LEFT FOOT BECAME CAUGHT IN ONE OF THE STEP\S CAUSING HIM TO FALL FROM THE LOADER TO THE GROUND.