Mining Incidents

Berryburg Mine Coal

Konya Enterprises Inc · Underground
Rt.18 @ Berryburg Jct., Barbour County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608533

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
Nov 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
95
citations
30
significant & substantial
$8,112
proposed penalties
$3,502
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q3 6,997 4 1 571.7
2002 Q2 5,077 10 5 1969.7
2002 Q1 6,805 10 2 1469.5
2001 Q4 5,569 15 4 2693.5
2001 Q3 6,780 20 10 2949.9
2001 Q2 5,060 4 1 790.5
2001 Q1 5,440 5 1 919.1
2000 Q4 5,920 7 1 1182.4
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2001 · 2 incidents

November 29, 2001 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Konya Enterprises Inc · Struck by flying object

A LIGHT COVER WAS BEING REMOVED FROM NO.5 MINER,EE WAS HOLDING A HAMMER, CO-WORKER WAS USING ANOTHER HAMMER TO HIT THE FIRST ONE. THE HAMMER THAT EE WAS HOLDING BROKE AND WENT INTO HIS HAND .

May 18, 2001 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Konya Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ON HIS KNEES DRIVING SPADS IN THE BOTTOM TO HOLD DOWN LINE CURTAIN.

2000 · 2 incidents

May 3, 2000 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Konya Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROOF BOLTER MECH STAB JACK PAD SMASHED LEFT BIG TOE AND TOP OF FOOT.

January 17, 2000 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Konya Enterprises Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FOUR LEFT SECTION EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING THE MINER CONVEYER CHAIN, USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE THE CHAIN BACK TOGETHER, THE HAMMER STRUCK THE GATHERING ARM, DEFLECTING INTO THE HAND THAT WAS HOLDI NG ANOTHER HAMMER CAUSING A SMASHING BLOW.