Mining Incidents

Tiz #1 Mine: 8 reportable incidents Coal

John B Harris Inc · Underground
Controlled by John B Harris
Quinwood, Greenbrier County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4604543

MSHA record for Tiz #1 Mine (mine ID 4604543). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
May 1986
Ownership history
  1. John B Harris Inc 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Tiz #1 Mine sits in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.
Greenbrier County, West Virginia · Population 32,688
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$48,662
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1986 · 2 incidents

May 14, 1986 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
John B Harris Inc · Fall from machine

TURNED LEFT FOO7 WHILE GETTING OFF OF END LOADER

April 24, 1986 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
John B Harris Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE UNROLLING3PHONE WIRE, A COIL OF WIRE SPRUNG UPWARD AND HIT THE EYE OF THE EMPLOYEE.

1985 · 2 incidents

December 18, 1985 WV · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
John B Harris Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE HELPING O3E OTHE MAN LOAD A DRUM OF OIL INTO BACK OF PERSONEL CARRIER THE INJURED EE BEING COMPLAINING OF LOWER BACK PAIN.

1984 · 3 incidents

August 21, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
John B Harris Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING DRILL STEEL FROM HOLE & CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN STEEL & HEAD OF BOLTER 5TH FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

June 4, 1984 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
John B Harris Inc · Struck by flying object

I.NAME WAS CLEANING A HUB ON THE 50 T CLINE - A PIECE OF RUST GOT IN HIS EYE BUT IT CAME BACK OUT ALRIGHT AT THE TIME IT DIDNT SEEM TO CAUSE A PROBLEM. THAT NIGHT IT STARTED BOTHERING HIM SO H E WENT TO THE DR ON 6-5-84

April 14, 1984 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
John B Harris Inc · Struck against stationary object

I RAISED MY HEAD UP TO SEE WHERE I WAS RIDING THREE WHEELER AND MY HEAD OR HAT STRUCK A HALF HEADER STOVIING MY NECK

1983 · 1 incident

April 5, 1983 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
John B Harris Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING CORD TO START HOMELITE PUMP.