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War Eagle Mine: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Skin Poplar Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Paul E Stover
Glen Rogers, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608550

MSHA record for War Eagle Mine (mine ID 4608550). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1998–1999
Latest incident
Sep 1999
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
4
inspections on record
20
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 20 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Wyoming Pocahontas Land Company 1996 to 1997
  2. Skin Poplar Coal Corp 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

War Eagle Mine sits in Wyoming County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
Wyoming County, West Virginia · Population 20,948
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$48,038
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1999 · 3 incidents

September 10, 1999 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Skin Poplar Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLEANING ROCK OFF OF CONT. MINER, ROCK SLID AND CUT FINGER OF MAN.

July 21, 1999 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Skin Poplar Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WALKING AROUND LOADER AND DOWN A BANK AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

May 1, 1999 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Skin Poplar Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJ WAS HELPING ANOTHER WORKER MOVE WELDER. COALHEIGHT IS 56" CAUSING INJURED TO BEND OVER LIFTING. SEEMED TO HAVE STRAINED LOWER LEFT ABODOMEN

1998 · 3 incidents

August 24, 1998 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Skin Poplar Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEERING WHEEL OF MANTRIP STRUCK RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

July 24, 1998 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Skin Poplar Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

APPROX 70' OUTBY #2 ENTRY PILLAR BREAKERS, A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN OUTBY INTERSECTION. MINER PARITALLY COVERED AND STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR PARTIALLY COVERED.