Mining Incidents

Tioga Strip: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Craigsville, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603184

MSHA record for Tioga Strip (mine ID 4603184). 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
1983–1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
Ownership history
  1. Island Creek Coal Company 1950 to 1995
  2. Magnum Mining Company Inc 1986 to 1986
  3. Magnum Mining Company Inc 1986 to 1987
  4. Gauley Eagle Holdings Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Tioga Strip 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

2 on file

1989 · 1 incident

September 18, 1989 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Island Creek Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

STATE BLACK LUNG AWARD.

1983 · 1 incident

October 6, 1983 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Island Creek Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

STRUCK RT ELBOW ON DOOR OF HIGHWALL DRILL