Mining Incidents

Rader Run Surface Mine #2 and #3Coal

Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608380
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
Feb 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2003 · 1 incident

No Value Found

EE WAS CLIMBING AN APPROX 2:1 SLOPE ON THE DOZER WHEN IT KICKED SIDEWAYS ON FROZEN GROUND. IT SLID SIDEWAYS, STRUCK BERM & ROLLED 2 TIMES. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY BELT.

2002 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING ACROSS PIT AREA AND TWISTED RT. FOOT. OPERATION EXPERIENCED SHUT-DOWN. EE WAS LAID OFF DUE TO MINING PERMITS.

Fall from machine

EE WAS DISMOUNTING CAT D9 DOZER- LOST FOOTING & TWISTED LOWER BACK AREA.

2001 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK LIFTING 5 GALLON BUCKET.

Struck by falling object

EE WAS CHANGING OUT A BROKEN BOLT ON PRESS ROLLER TRACKING ARM. THE OTHER BOLT HOLDING ARM BROKE & ROLLER FELL AGAINST HIS ARM CAUSING A BRUISE.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE IS A SURFACE MINE FOREMAN. HE WAS RE-SETTING A LIGHT PLANT TO A NEW SURFACE LOCATION. HE RAISED THE BOOM ON PLANT AND REACHED DOWN TO SET HOLDING PIN. THE BOOM SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND PINCHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BOOM AND PINCH POINT.