Mining Incidents

Turkey Gap Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Robert E Murray
Dott, Mercer County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4601443

MSHA record for Turkey Gap Mine (mine ID 4601443). 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
1983–1985
Latest incident
May 1985
Ownership history
  1. Consolidation Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Turkey Gap Mine sits in Mercer County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Mercer County, West Virginia · Population 59,062
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$47,799
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

1985 · 2 incidents

May 1, 1985 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Consolidation Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

RECEIVED LETTER FROM COMP COMM GRANTING 5% OCC ILLNESS

January 1, 1985 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Consolidation Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

RECEIVED LETTER3FROM COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER AWARDING A 5% OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS FOR PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

1983 · 1 incident

March 11, 1983 WV · Coal electrician, lineman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Consolidation Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS.