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Mine No 1: 16 reportable incidents Coal

Bev Sue Energy Inc · Underground
Controlled by Garretson Angela S
Wolf Pen, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605284

MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 4605284). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1983–1991
Latest incident
Jan 1991
Ownership history
  1. Indian Creek Coal Company 1976 to 1977
  2. Indian Creek Coal Company 1977 to 1983
  3. Shag Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1984
  4. M & B Coal Company 1984 to 1985
  5. Digum Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1986
  6. Soho Coal Company Inc 1986 to 1988
  7. Geracol Inc 1988 to 1991
  8. Little Eagle Inc 1991 to 1992
  9. Bev Sue Energy Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 1 sits in Wyoming County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
Wyoming County, West Virginia · Population 20,948
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$48,038
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

1991 · 1 incident

January 17, 1991 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Geracol Inc · Struck by falling object

DRAW SLATE ABOUT 4" IN LENGTH AND 1/2" THICK. FELL ON MANS FINGER EMPLOYEE FAILED TO SCALE TOP BEFORE STARTING HIS BOLT PATTERN HAD A POSSIBLE FRACTURED INDEX FINGER AT 1ST JOINT.

1990 · 3 incidents

July 30, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Geracol Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SAWING A TIMBER SAW HUNG ON BARK SLIPPED & CUT INDEX FINGER

April 21, 1990 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Geracol Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WORKING ON STAMLER FEEDER TIGHTENING BOLTS ON SPEED REDUCER WHEN RATCHET SLIPPED HITTING INJURED IN THE FACE AREA. CLOSE TO THE EYE.

February 15, 1990 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Geracol Inc · Struck by falling object

SMALL ROCK FELL ON RIGHT HAND INDEX FINGER.

1989 · 1 incident

September 30, 1989 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Geracol Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS ON SCOOP AND WHILE TRAMMING RAN OVER A ROCK IN ROADWAY CAUSING THE SCOOP TO BOUNCE AND THREW HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF.

1986 · 4 incidents

November 24, 1986 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Soho Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LOADING TIM6ERS INTO A RAM-CAR WHEN HE PULLED A LOWER BACK MUSCLE AS HE WAS PUTTING TIMBER DOWN

March 19, 1986 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Soho Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS TRAMMING B2LTER FORM #2 BRK. TO #1 BRK. & ROOF BOLTER ROLLED HIM AGINST THE TOP INJURING RT SHOULDER.

February 12, 1986 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Soho Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REMOVING ROCK F9OM BELT ROPE.ROCK FELL BACK PINNING RIGHT ARM AGAINST J BOLT.

February 8, 1986 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Soho Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS WOR5ING IN #3 HEADING DOWN THE STRAINGHT MOVING A PUMP LIFTED THE PUMP AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK

1983 · 7 incidents

October 24, 1983 WV · Coal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shag Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IT WAS RAINING STEVE WAS WALKING UP THE HILL FROM HERE THE TRUCK LOAD TO HERE THEY PARK (ABOUT 50\) ANDHE STEPPED IN A HOLE THE WAS MADE BY THE TRUCK\S TIRES IN THE MUD. STEVE LOST HIS BALANCE

October 4, 1983 WV · Coal MACHINERY
Shag Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PULL A PC OF ROCK PULL PINNER ON TOP ROCK-ROCK BROKE PINNER CAME DOWN ON KNEE

September 22, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Shag Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

PINNING TOP WITH ROOF BOLTER,ROCK PARTICLE WAS L/ SLUNG IN EYE.

September 21, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Shag Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BUSTED HOSE ON MINER BOOM AND OIL GOT INTO MANS FACE AND EYES.

April 20, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Indian Creek Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE FEEDER DUMPING HIS SHUTTLE CAR WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 15INCHES BY 18INCHES BY 1 1/2IN FELL ON HIS LEFT FOREARM RESULTING IN A BRUISE

March 14, 1983 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Indian Creek Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS AT THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS & WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL A PIECE OF ROCK INBY THAT POINT. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL ONE PIECE ALL OF THE UNBOLTED TOP FELL. THE PIECE THAT TRAPPED MR. MORGAN FE LL IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT LANDED 14" OUTBY THE LAST ROW OF BOLTS HITTING MR. MORGAN.