Mining Incidents

Bull Branch Surface Mine Coal

Controlled by Pen Holdings Inc
Glenhayes, Wayne County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607710

MSHA record for Bull Branch Surface Mine (mine ID 4607710). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

September 5, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Cub Branch Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

I NAME WAS OEPRATING A D-7 DOZER PUSHING BRUSH UP THE SLOPE TO A ROAD TO BE BURNED WHILE BACKING OVER THE BRUSH THE DOZER BECAME UNSTABLE AND TURNED ON ITS LEFT SIDE CUASING I NAME TO BRUISE H IS SHOULDER AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE CAB WE TOOK I NAME TO THE HOSPITAL FOR RP RECAUTIONARY XRAYS THE XRAYS WERE NEGATIVE AND HE WAS RELEASED

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