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Airport Strip Coal

Valley Mining, Inc, · Surface
Controlled by Mary J Brown
Follansbee, Brooke County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609071

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2005–2008
Latest incident
Jun 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
16
citations
10
significant & substantial
$2,230
proposed penalties
$2,130
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
2009 Q4 243 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,065 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,361 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,276 2 1 467.7
2008 Q4 6,644 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,265 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,399 1 0 294.2
2008 Q1 2,089 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

6 on file

2008 · 1 incident

June 26, 2008 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Valley Mining, Inc, · Contact with heat

Hot, Hazy, Humid, over 90 degrees, for 3rd day in a row. Employee was overcome with dizziness, nausea, profuse sweating while working on installing auger cab.

2006 · 2 incidents

August 30, 2006 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Mining, Inc, · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee states that he was running rock truck started to get headache, nausea & vomiting.

May 16, 2006 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Valley Mining, Inc, · Fall from machine

ee was getting down off loader, his foot slipped on top platform which he had only his left hand on handrail.Couldn't get right hand on guard rail in time. The fall while holding onto the handrail with one hand caused him to swing into platform hitting rib cage against platform. He then lost grip and fell to the ground.

2005 · 3 incidents

July 5, 2005 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Valley Mining, Inc, · Fall onto or against objects

Employee had just finished fueling up equipment and while getting down from the fuel tank he slipped and hit his knee on the top step. The area was muddy where he was working.

May 17, 2005 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Mining, Inc, · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was shutting the door on his rocktruck and shut it on his left hand, the end of this ring finger.

February 8, 2005 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Valley Mining, Inc, · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A BEARING & WHEN HE WAS SWINGING THE SLEDGE HAMMER, IT CAUGHT ON HIS UPPER LEG CAUSING THE HAMMER TO MISS THE BEARING & HIT HIS LT. HAND. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL & IT WAS DETERMINED THAT NOTHING WAS BROKEN BUT THE HAND DID HURT & WAS BRUISED & SWOLLEN.