Mining Incidents

West Penn Tipple Company Incorporated Ii Coal

West Penn Tipple Company Inc · Surface
Controlled by Schomaker Richard C
Butler County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606311

MSHA record for West Penn Tipple Company Incorporated Ii (mine ID 3606311). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. North Butler Coal Company 1977 to 1979
  2. West Penn Tipple Company Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

West Penn Tipple Company Incorporated Ii sits in Butler County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Butler County, Pennsylvania · Population 195,870
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$86,775
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.