Mining Incidents

Upshur #1 Coal

Controlled by James E Atkinson
Hodgesville, Upshur County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608587

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Sep 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
6
citations
1
significant & substantial
$387
proposed penalties
$387
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
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,056 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 892 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,056 2 0 1893.9
2004 Q1 768 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 944 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,036 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

September 5, 2001 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Doman Construction LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object

"CHIMNEY" TYPE FALL CAUSE ROCKS ROLLING ACROSS PIT FLOOR; ONE OF WHICH STRUCK EQUIP OPERATOR ON CALF OF LEFT LEG BOWLING HIM OVER AND LANDING ON BACK FRACTURING 2 VERTEBRAE ON LOWER BACK.