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Flatbush Coal

Mabie Wv, Randolph County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607204

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1989–1994
Latest incident
May 1994

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 9, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Bentley Coal Company · Drowning

VICTIM BACKED ROCK TRUCK OVER 26 FOOT HIGHWALL INTO PIT AREA WITH 7 FEET OF WATER. INJURY TERMINAL. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE DEATH CERTIFICATE WILL READ THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS DROWNI NG.

Reportable incidents

4 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1994 · 2 incidents

May 13, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nesco Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

REPAIR BATTERY CABLE ON D9W, HOOKING BATTERY BACK UP AND CABLE ARCED. BATTERY ACID FLEW IN HIS EYES. HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON. RIGHT EYE WAS INJURED.

March 14, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nesco Inc · Struck by flying object

INDIVIDUAL WAS SWINGING SEGMENTS WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER ON A D-9 DOZER LARGE METAL FLEW & STRUCK HIM IN LEFT HAND PENETRATED THROUGH LEATHER GLOVES.

1990 · 1 incident

September 5, 1990 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bentley Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL BENT OVER TO GREASE FITTING ON BUCKET. WHEN HE REUTRNED TO UPRIGHT POSITION HE HAD BACK PAIN.

1989 · 1 incident