Rock-Bull Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
REPORTING ROOF 0ALL ON THE 001 SECTION.FALL WAS JUST INBY THE LAST OPEN X-CUT INN THE #5 ENTRY.WATER PRESSURE ON UNEVEN SLATE STRATA IS THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE OF THE FALL.
Mine No 1: 12 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 4605964). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 12
- Years on record
- 1983–1988
- Latest incident
- Feb 1988
Ownership history
- Rock-Bull Mining Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Mine No 1 sits in Preston County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.Preston County, West Virginia · Population 34,204
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,373
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file1988 · 1 incident
1987 · 5 incidents
Rock-Bull Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL IN IN7ERSECTION IN FACE OF #2 ENTRY SPAD 1916.
Rock-Bull Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL IN X-7UT TO RIGHT IN FACE OF #5 ENTRY.SPAD 1917.
Rock-Bull Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
REPORTING ROOF 0ALL 10 FT INBY PITMOUTH IN BELT HEADING NO ONE INJURED AREA MINED IN OCT 1979
Rock-Bull Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
REPORTING ROOF 0ALL AT SPAD NO. 872 APPROX 1000' OUTBY THE FACES IN #4 ENTRY VENTILATION OR TRAVEL OF MEN WERE NOT EFFECTED FALL WAS APPROX 35'L X 20'W, RESIN BOLTS WERE USED IN 4' & 6' LENGT LENGTHS 3
March 11, 1987
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Rock-Bull Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
PIECE OF COAL F9LL FROM TOP HITTING HIM IN THE BACK.SENT HIM TO THE HOSPITAL,HAD X-RAYS.HE WAS NOT HURT.
1986 · 2 incidents
February 28, 1986
WV · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Rock-Bull Mining Inc · Struck by powered moving object
I.NAME STANDING3BETWEEN 2 KERSEY TRACTORS,TRAM WAS FROZEN ON TRACTOR,I.NAME-2 THAWING IT OUT WITH PROPANE TORCH.I.NAME-3 THE PM SHIFT SECTION FOREMAN TOLD I.NAME TO GET OUT FROM BETWEEN TRACTO WHICH HE DID.B6T HE STEPPED BACK IN TO TELL I.NAME-2 SOMETHING WHEN TRACTOR JUMPED FORWARD.
Rock-Bull Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL WAS F2UND BY PRE-SHIFT EXAMINER DID NOT KNOW THE CAUSE.
1985 · 1 incident
Rock-Bull Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
UNLOADING 50 LB BAGS OF ROCKDUST FROM A SCOOP BUCKET PULLED DISC AND MUSCLE IN HIS BACK
1984 · 2 incidents
Rock-Bull Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
I.NAME AND I.NAME WERE HANGING THE CUTTER CABLE, I.NAME CUTTER OPERATOR, REELED THE CABLE UP AND KNOCKED THEM DOWN. I.NAME WAS KNOCKED BACKWARDSON HIS HEAD, KNOCKING HIM UNCONSIOUS. HE WAS SEN T TO THE HOSPITAL THEY SAID HE HAS A BLOOD CLOT IN HIS HEAD.
August 9, 1984
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Rock-Bull Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
I.NAME HAD HIS HAND ON BOLTER & A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON IT BRISING HIS LEFT HAND.
1983 · 1 incident
November 18, 1983
WV · Coal
cutting machine helper, undercutter operator helper
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock-Bull Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
WAS PULLING A CABLE WHEN HE INJURED HIS SIDE.