Mining Incidents

No 4 Mine Coal

Blue Haven Energy Inc · Underground
Controlled by Howard Russell Morris
Eckman, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608850

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2002–2005
Latest incident
Mar 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
213
citations
101
significant & substantial
$28,748
proposed penalties
$23,249
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 Q3 5,095 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,688 9 6 1582.3
2005 Q1 9,983 23 9 2303.9
2004 Q4 12,044 36 20 2989.0
2004 Q3 11,209 11 5 981.4
2004 Q2 11,395 6 2 526.5
2004 Q1 11,001 15 6 1363.5
2003 Q4 10,905 10 4 917.0
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

2005 · 2 incidents

March 2, 2005 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Blue Haven Energy Inc · Rubbed or abraded

EE WAS CRAWLING WHEN HIS KNEE STARTED HURTING. WHEN EE TOOK HIS KNEE PAD OFF, HE COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN HIS LEG.

February 13, 2005 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Blue Haven Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall measuring 140' x 20' x 3-6' occurred in the no. 7 entry near spad 370. The fall will not be cleaned up. - Section abandoned.

2003 · 1 incident

November 5, 2003 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator NO VALUE FOUND
Blue Haven Energy Inc · No Value Found

EE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON EE'S NECK.

2002 · 1 incident

October 30, 2002 WV · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Haven Energy Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE TARPING BRACKET ON HIS TRUCK, WHEN THE BRACKET RELEASED THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL FROM THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK.