Mining Incidents

10 A Surface: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Reading & Bates Corp
Earling, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606211

MSHA record for 10 A Surface (mine ID 4606211). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
May 1984
Ownership history
  1. Belva Coal Company Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

10 A Surface sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% 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.
Logan County, West Virginia · Population 31,826
6.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,237
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1984 · 1 incident

May 4, 1984 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Belva Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE LOADING MATERIAL ON TO FORD 9000 SEEDER TRUCK INJURING RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER.

1983 · 8 incidents

May 24, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Belva Coal Company Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WALKING AROUND TRUCK AFTER COMPLETING SAFETY CHECKS WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT LEG.

May 18, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Belva Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WHILE VICTIM WAS BREAKING LUMPS OF COAL WITH SLEDGE HAMMER, HE SWUNG AND MISSED THROWING HIM OFF BALANCE RESULTING IN BACK STRAIN.

May 11, 1983 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Belva Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOADER WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROUGH SECTION OF ROAD JOLTING THE MACHING AND THE OPERATOR

May 9, 1983 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Belva Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHECKING HYDRAULIC FLUID LEVEL WHEN GOT HOLD OF HAND RAIL TO PULL HIMSELF UP THE HAND RAIL BROKE LOOSE AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND

March 31, 1983 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Belva Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING FROM OPERATOR\S POSITION WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET TO THE GROUND. DUE TO HOLIDAY, EMPLOYEE\S CONDITION NOT KNOWN UNTIL 4-5-83.

February 14, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Belva Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A COAL TRUCK HE ENCOUNTERED A LARGE HOLE IN THE ROADWAY WHICH RESULTED IN THE OPERATOR BEING JARRED FROM HIS SEAT CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS BACK

February 1, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Belva Coal Company Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE TURNED IN DRIVER\S SEAT OF TRUCK TO RELEASE DUMP LEVER & AS A RESULT OF TWISTING HIS BODY SUF

January 28, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Belva Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

VICITM STATED HE WAS OPERATING COAL TRUCK WHEN THE BRAKE BECAME INOPERATIVE HE DROVE TRUCK INTO DITCH AND IT WENT UP EMBANKMENT AND TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE