Mining Incidents

#14 Coal

Betty B Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Thyssen Schachtbau Gmbh
Wise, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405253

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1996–1997
Latest incident
Aug 1997
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

1997 · 7 incidents

August 14, 1997 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING MANTRIP, RAN OVER ROCK OR SOMETHING IN ROAD AND STEERING WHEEL WAS JERKED OUT OF HAND, IT CAME BACK AROUND AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT HAND CUTTING AND BRUISING HAND.

June 26, 1997 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WA SBOLTING TOP WHEN APIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT FOREARM, CAUSING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED 6 SUTURES.

April 29, 1997 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF ROCK WHERE A BRATTICE WAS AND A PIECE OF PLASTER FLIPPED OFF OF ROOF HITTINGHIM IN THE LEFT EYE.

April 24, 1997 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS THROWING TIMBERS DOWN TOWARD FACE (YO YOING). WHEN HE REACHED TO GET NEXT TIMBER, A TIMBER WAS ALREADY IN ROUTE AND HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER GOT SMASHED BETWEEN THE TWO TIMBERS.

March 10, 1997 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS HELPING ON PINNER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE RIB AND FIRST BOLT STRIKING EE IN THE HEAD AND BEHIND THE LEFT EAR. ROCK WAS APPROX 2'W X 7' LG X 18" T.

February 19, 1997 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS THROWIGN ROCK DUST THROUGH DOOR AND TWISTED OR PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

January 27, 1997 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS INSTALLING A ROOFBOLT WHILE PUSHING IT UP WITH THE BOLT WRENCH, THE BOLT BENT & THE WRENCH CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER, MASHING THE NAIL & CAUSING A LACERATION ON HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER. [POSSIBLE FRACTURE]

1996 · 6 incidents

September 16, 1996 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE REACHED UP TO TAKE COME A LONG DOWN AND TWISTED BACK.

August 15, 1996 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS TRAMMING PINNER FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTEHR. MACHINE WEN TOVER A RISE IN BOTTOM THROWING HIS HEAD INTO TOP.

July 19, 1996 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

BOLTING IN #4 HEADING HAD PUT UP OUTSIDE BOLT AND SET UP TO PUT 2ND BOLT UPWHEN ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS.

May 26, 1996 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

MUD SEAMS NEAR SURFACE TURNING LOOSE ABOVE ANCHORAGE OF ROOF BOLTS, BLOCKED BELT AND PART OF HAUL ROAD ENTRY BOLTED WITH 5 AND 6 POINT ANCHOR BOLTS. VENTILATION WAS PARTIALLY BLOCKED.