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Beaver Run Mine: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Fazenbaker Paul F Sr
Bolair, Webster County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606277

Beaver Run Mine has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Nov 1986
Ownership history
  1. Spring Ridge Coal Company 1980 to 1982
  2. Spring Ridge Coal Company 1982 to 1983
  3. Fork Lick Coal Processors Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1986 8
1985 4 10,533
1984 20 109,992
1983 14 56,381
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Beaver Run Mine sits in Webster County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 7.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ 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.
Webster County, West Virginia · Population 8,253
7.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,061
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1986 · 1 incident

November 3, 1986 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fork Lick Coal Processors Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME BOLTING 7OP ON 2ND LEFT #2 ENTRY WHEN HE STRETCHED UP OVER BOLTER TO GET SUPPLIES-PULLED RIBS AND PINCHED NERVE.

Show 4 earlier incidents

1985 · 1 incident

1984 · 2 incidents

August 20, 1984 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Fork Lick Coal Processors Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED PERSON WAS SITTING ON BACK OF MANTRIP CAR. CAR TIPPED UP IN LOW AREA PUSHING VICTIM AGAINST TOP.

1983 · 1 incident

December 1, 1983 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Fork Lick Coal Processors Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS OPERATING SCOOP IN LOW COAL-GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN ROOF AND SCOOP.