Black Horse Coal Mining & Sales Inc · Accident type, without injuries
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL WAS CAUSED BY FAULTY ROOF CONDITIONS. THIS CONDITION WAS DICOVERED AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WAS INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE FALL.
Alpine Mine: 8 reportable incidents Coal
Island Creek Coal Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Marianna,
Wyoming County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605320
MSHA record for Alpine Mine (mine ID 4605320). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 1983–1988
- Latest incident
- Apr 1988
Ownership history
- Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc 1976 to 1989
- Black Horse Coal Mining & Sales Inc 1986 to 1989
- Island Creek Coal Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Alpine Mine sits in Wyoming County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Wyoming County, West Virginia · Population 20,948
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$48,038
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file1988 · 1 incident
1984 · 1 incident
Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER. WHILE OPERATING THE MINER IN A PILLAR SPLIT A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK.
1983 · 6 incidents
Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REPAIR BROKEN CONVEYOR CHAIN ON 245 LEE NORSE MINER. MINER OPERATOR WAS RUNNING CONVEYOR IN REVERSE TO SLACK OUT OF THE BACK OF THE BOOM. EMPLOYEE STUCK HIS HAND INTO T HE BOOM TO GET A HOLD OF THE CHAIN, WHEN IT WAS STARATED BY THE OPERATOR. HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND THE BOOM OF THE MINER.
August 22, 1983
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING AWAY FROM THE SHUTTLE CAR, HE WAS OPERATING. HE CROSSED OVER TOP OF THE CABLE OF ANOTHER SHUTTLE CAR THAT WAS TRAMMING TOWARED THE FACE. THE CABLE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT LEG.
Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER WITH TANKS AND TORCHES WHEN HE LAID THE TORCHES DOWN THE OXYGEN LEVER WAS DEPRESSED CAUSING IR TO BE @RELEASED THE AIR BLEW SOME DIRT IN HIS RT EYE
Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A CONTINUOUS MINER. WHILE TAKING A CUT OUT OF NO.1 ENTRY, A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP. THE ROCK STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BACK.
Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS HANGING LINE CURTAIN IN #2 HEAD ING PILLAR SPLIT. HIS FOOT WAS STUCK OUT IN THE ROADWAY, WHEN THE S/C CAME INTO THE PLACE. THE S/C CAUGHT HIS FOOT.
Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INSTALLING PIN BUSHING ON PAN JACK ON C.M. HOLDING BAR TO PUT BUSHING AND PIN IN JACK.BAR CAME LOOSE CAUSING HIM TO MASH THUMB BETWEEN BAR AND CRIB.