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Wilson Tract: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Barnosky Albert
Rt 1 Box 256, Upshur County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607181

Wilson Tract has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Sep 1987
Ownership history
  1. B & B Coal Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1989 5 14,498
1988 7 23,428
1987 8 60,537
1986 8 4,417
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Wilson Tract sits in Upshur County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Upshur County, West Virginia · Population 23,758
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$51,859
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

September 10, 1987 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
B & B Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME DIED OF 5 HEART ATTACK. THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE AT 720 AM ON THE MINE SITE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO ST. JOSPHS HOPSITAL BY THE BUCKHAMNNON EMERGENCY SQUAD. THE EFFORTS OF THE SQUAD MEMEBERS AND THE DR AND3HIS AIDS WERE FUITLE. HE WAS PROUNCED DEAD AT 8 48 AM.