Mining Incidents

Cove Creek Coal

Bolt, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605260

MSHA record for Cove Creek (mine ID 4605260). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Cove Creek.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Oct 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1985 · 1 incident

October 25, 1985 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Coal & Trucking Inc · Struck against a moving object

RUNNING SCOOP & MAKING LEFT TURN TO PUSH OUT GOB. WHILE MAKING TURN I DIDN\T CUT SHARP ENOUGH & HIT RIGHT RIB HARD & STOPPED SUDDEN & TURNED ME SIDEWAYS.

1984 · 1 incident

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on Cove Creek

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.