Mining Incidents

No 8 Mine Coal

Betty B Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Thyssen Schachtbau Gmbh
Coeburn, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405118

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Sep 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1985 · 3 incidents

April 17, 1985 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL MAKING BELT SPLICE WITH SEWING MACHINE AND GOT THUMB CAUGHT IN SEWING MACHINE.

February 26, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PICKING UP A 15 GALLON BARREL OF OIL WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

1984 · 1 incident

January 17, 1984 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

REPAIRING SPEED REDUCER ON MINER AND SPEED REDUCER FELL ON RIGHT FOOT.

1983 · 7 incidents

November 14, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROLLING CUTTING HEAD DRUM INTO SCOOP FROM TRUCK BED,LUG ON DRUM CAUGHT HAND AGAINST SCOOP.FRACTURE 5TH METACARPAL RIGHT HAND.

August 15, 1983 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF ROCK OFF THE BELT WITH A SHOVEL THE SHOVEL JERKED AND JERKED EMPLOYEES LEFT ARM

August 5, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

BOLTING UP OVERCAST WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE LOOSE AND HIT HIM ACROSS LEFT ARM FRACTURE LEFT RADIUS

April 12, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTED 30 GAL BARREL OF WATER -HALF FULL AND STARAINED HIS BACK.

March 2, 1983 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING MOTOR OUTSIDE AND HE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND PLACED AGAINST THE BUMPER, HE STARTED DOWN HILL AND ANOTHER BUMPER CAUGHT HIS HAND.

January 3, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING STEEL AND CAUGHT LEFT THUMB BETWEEN STEEL AND TOP OF MINE.