Mining Incidents

Bedcor 2 Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Bedcor Inc · Surface
Controlled by ITT Corporation
Comfort, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4605645

MSHA record for Bedcor 2 Mine (mine ID 4605645). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1985–1986
Latest incident
Jan 1986
Ownership history
  1. Bedcor Inc 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bedcor 2 Mine sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% 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.
Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1986 · 1 incident

January 27, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bedcor Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS ST9PPING DOWN FROM THE FUEL TRUCK TO THE GROUND WHICH WAS FROZEN ANND SNOW COVERED THE EMPLOYEE EITHER STEPPED IN A HOLE OR SLIPPED IN THE SNOW AND AS A RESULT STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK 3

1985 · 2 incidents

March 25, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bedcor Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME SHIF MECHANIC WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO R-85 EUCLID ROCK TRUCK REAR SUSPENSION HYDRAULIC PORTA POWER PRESS WAS BEING USED FOR TENSION SUSPENSION PADS PRESS KICKED OUT FROM ITS POSITION STR IKING I.NAME IN THE CHEEK

February 18, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Bedcor Inc · Fall from machine

COAL TRUCK JUMPED OUT OF GEAR WHILE TRAVELING DOWN GRADE.OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO GET TRUCK BACK IN GEAR BUT FAILED.TRUCK GAINED TOO MUCH SPEED TO BE STOPPED BY FOOT BRAKES.EMPL JUMPED FROM TRUCK RECEIVING INJURY TO ANKLE,KNEES AND HEAD.TRUCK TRAVELLED THROUGH GUARD RAIL,DOWN EMBANKMENT INTO DITCH LINE.