Mining Incidents

Bergoo Preparation Plant: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Phoenix Resources Inc · Facility
Controlled by A F Budge Mining Ltd
Bergoo, Webster County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4602402

MSHA record for Bergoo Preparation Plant (mine ID 4602402). 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
1984–1987
Latest incident
Sep 1987
Ownership history
  1. Bergoo Coal Company Inc 1950 to 1979
  2. Elk River Sewell Coal Company 1979 to 1984
  3. Elk River Sewell Coal Company 1984 to 1989
  4. Elk River Sewell Coal Company Inc 1989 to 1990
  5. Phoenix Resources Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bergoo Preparation Plant 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

8 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

September 8, 1987 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Elk River Sewell Coal Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

INJURED WAS LEA5ING THE PREP PLANT AND STUMBLED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CATCH HIMSELF HE PUT HIS HAND INTO A BELT CONVEYOR DRIVE THE GUARD NORMALLY COVERING THE DRIVE HAD APPRANTLY BEEN THROWN OFF

January 1, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elk River Sewell Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMP CLIMBED UP 2NTO BED OF TRUCK . DUE TO WINTER WEATHER HE SAID HE LOST HIS FOOTHOLD AND SLIPPED AND FELL SPRIANING HIS ANKLE

1986 · 1 incident

December 16, 1986 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Elk River Sewell Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNSAFE ACT WHIL9 REPAIRING A FILTER PRESS PUTTING HAND INSIDE RUNNING EQUIPEMNT WHILE ATTEMPTING REPAIRS.

1985 · 3 incidents

September 12, 1985 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Elk River Sewell Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME CAUGHT HIS HAND ON WIRE SHOVELING UNDER RAW COAL BELT

August 6, 1985 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Elk River Sewell Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

II NAME ACCIDENTLY CUT I NAME S RIGHT LEG WITH SAW. II NAME HAD ASKED I NAME TO HELP HIMN TO BREAK TREE, HE DID NOT NOTICE THAT I NAME HAD MOVED INTO POSITION TO HELP WITH TREE AND CUT I NAME LEG.

August 3, 1985 WV · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elk River Sewell Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BOARDS TO REPAIR BRIDGE STRAINED HIS BACK THERE WAS NO LOST TIME UNITL 8-8-85.

1984 · 2 incidents

September 25, 1984 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator POWERED HAULAGE
Elk River Sewell Coal Company · Fall from machine

INJ EMP WAS DROPPING A LOADED CAR FROM TIPPLE ANOTHER CARDROPPER WENT TO THE TOP END OF TRACK AND CUT LOOSE 5 EMPTIES HE SET BRAKE ON ONE AND BLEED OFF AIR HE GOT ON 2ND CAR AND FOUND THAT IT HAD NO BRAKES HE JUMPED OFF LETTING CARS RUN INTO LOADS UNDER TIPPLE KNOCKING INJ EMP OFF LOADED CAR