Mining Incidents

Whipple Refuse Pile Coal

Bill Pack Land Corp · Facility
Controlled by Pack Bill
Oak Hill, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607006

MSHA record for Whipple Refuse Pile (mine ID 4607006). 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. Bill Pack Land Corp 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Whipple Refuse Pile sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
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.