Mining Incidents

Laurel Run #2Coal

Scorpio Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Joe D Richards
ENTERPRISE, Harrison County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608871
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001–2002
Latest incident
Mar 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS USING THE BACKHOE TO GET A ROLL OF MINE BELT. HE GOT OFF THE BACKHOE TO HOOK UP THE BELT AND THE MACHINE DRIFTED AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE HOE BUCKET. THE MACHINE WAS CHECKED AND THE PARK BRAKE WORKED PROPERLY. IT APPEARS HE DID NOT ENGAGE THE BRAKE.

Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL IN THE INTERSECTION ONE BLOCK INBY THEFAN PORTAL, FALL IS 13'WIDE AND 15'LONG AND ABOUT 12'IN HEIGHT, NO EQUIPMENT OR PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN THE ROOF FALL.

2001 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAULING SUPPLIES INTO MINE AND RAN OVER A BOARD WHICH FLIPPED UP AND INTO THE CANOPY STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD.