Mining Incidents

Hampshire Hill StripCoal

Controlled by Jody L Ritchie
Keyser, Mineral County, WV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4602570
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Jan 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was cleaning a ditch line to a pond with a D-5 dozer. He was attempting to move a caustic soda feed line to prevent damaging it with dozer. While attempting to move the line, the line broke and sprayed caustic into his face.