Mining Incidents

Westal Tipple Coal

Old Energy Inc · Facility
Controlled by Lowe James Danny
Kingston, Cumberland County, TN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4001995

MSHA record for Westal Tipple (mine ID 4001995). 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. Tenna-Tech 1976 to 1977
  2. Hi Tenn Inc 1977 to 1978
  3. Page Coal Company 1978 to 1981
  4. Coal Energy Inc 1981 to 1985
  5. Sewanee Associates Inc 1986 to 1986
  6. Old Energy Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Westal Tipple sits in Cumberland County, Tennessee, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Cumberland County, Tennessee · Population 62,529
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$58,475
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.