Mining Incidents

Hickory Patch - Surface Mine #10: 2 reportable incidents Coal

H B Coal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Farmer David Wylie
Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606761

MSHA record for Hickory Patch - Surface Mine #10 (mine ID 4606761). 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
1985–1986
Latest incident
Mar 1986
Ownership history
  1. Leckie Smokeless Coal Company 1984 to 1984
  2. Greenbrier Coal & Coke Inc 1984 to 1985
  3. H B Coal Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hickory Patch - Surface Mine #10 sits in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.
Greenbrier County, West Virginia · Population 32,688
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$48,662
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1986 · 1 incident

March 6, 1986 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
H B Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO GAIN CONTROL OF MOVING PICK UP TRUCK WHICH HAD DRIFTED FROM ITS ORGINIAL PARKED POSITION AND INJURED HIS SHOULDER IN THE PROCESS.

1985 · 1 incident

June 21, 1985 WV · Coal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Greenbrier Coal & Coke Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE DRILL STEEL BIT WITH A BIT WRENCH, THE EMP CAUGHT HAND AGAINST THE BIT CAUSING A MASHING INJURY TO HAND