Bentley Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
CLAY VIEW PRESENT AREA MINED IN THE ENTRY WITHOUT ROOF BOLTS. TOP MAY HAVE LOOSENED WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO DETECT IT.
Flatbush Deep Mine No 1: 2 reportable incidents Coal
Bentley Coal Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Cyprus Amax Minerals Company
Elkins,
Randolph County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607590
MSHA record for Flatbush Deep Mine No 1 (mine ID 4607590). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1989
- Latest incident
- Jul 1989
Ownership history
- Bentley Coal Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Flatbush Deep Mine No 1 sits in Randolph County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 2.6% 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.Randolph County, West Virginia · Population 27,782
2.6%
Mining share of county employment
$55,057
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1989 · 2 incidents
January 30, 1989
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Bentley Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WE WERE DRILLING THE FACE. THE DRILL SLAP I NAME ON THE ARM.