Mining Incidents

Tioga Prep Plant: 1 reportable incident Coal

Tioga, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4602185

MSHA record for Tioga Prep Plant (mine ID 4602185). 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
1987
Latest incident
Dec 1987
Ownership history
  1. Island Creek Coal Company 1950 to 1995
  2. Gauley Eagle Holdings Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Tioga Prep Plant sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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.
Nicholas County, West Virginia · Population 24,446
6.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,280
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

1987 · 1 incident

December 1, 1987 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS LIFTING DIF0ERENTIAL FOR F-600 LINE TRUCK FROM SHOP FLOOR INTO GEAR HOUSING. OTHER AND I NAME COULD NOT GET GEARS TO GO IN PLACE. I WAS LWERING GEAR BACK DOWN TO FLOOR WHICH UNIT SLIPPED A ND CUT HIS FING9R.