Mining Incidents

No 61-Strip Coal

Bethany, Brooke County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4604962

MSHA record for No 61-Strip (mine ID 4604962). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

September 20, 1989 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
West Virginia Energy Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS PULLING ON A WRENCH AND HIS HAND, ARM, SHOULDER STARTED TO GET NUMB AND THEN HURT.

September 19, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
West Virginia Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

SUBJECT WAS PUSHING DIRT RECLAIMING LAND AND THE TRANSMISSION JERKED AND CAUSED HIS NECK AND BACK TO HURT.

1987 · 2 incidents

February 18, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
West Virginia Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

SUBJECT WAS OPE9ATING A PAN AND WAS LOOKING BACK AT THE BOWL AND WAS GOING FORWARD WHEN HE DROVE OVER A CLUMP OF DIRT-MUD AND THE SUDDEN JAR CAUSED HIS BACK "WHICH HE HAS BEEN UNDER TREATMENT3FOR" TO START HURTING-LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG.

January 20, 1987 WV · Coal auger helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Virginia Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MINE AREA WAS V9RY MUDDY DUE TO WEATHER-SUBJECT WAS STANDING ON AN AUGER FLYTE WHEN ONE OF THE LOWER ONES MOVED AND HE FELL BETWEEN THEM AND HIS LEFT LEG WAS SQUEEZED JUST ABOVE THE KNEE BETWE EN TWO AUGER FL2TES. THESE WERESSTORED ALONG HAUL ROAD & WERE BEING MOVED INTO THE PIT

1986 · 2 incidents

July 8, 1986 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Virginia Energy Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE SAID HE HELP9D TO PUT ON HOIST CABLE ON. HE MUST HAVE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK BECUASE IT WAS SORE.

April 29, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Virginia Energy Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SUBJECT LEFTED 7HE END OF A RAILROAD TIE INTO THE BUCKET OF THE HILIFT AND SOMETHING PULLED IN HIS BACK

1985 · 4 incidents

September 26, 1985 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
West Virginia Energy Inc · Fall from machine

SUBJECT STEPPED DOWN OFF OF PUSH TRAM AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE MUDDY GROUND AND HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE

July 31, 1985 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Virginia Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT TWISTED HIS KNEE & KNEE STARTED TO SWELL UP SO HE WENT TO SEE A DOCTOR.

May 29, 1985 WV · Coal MACHINERY
West Virginia Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries

SUBJECT WAS COMING DOWN ROADWAY FROM THE BENCH WHEN HE FELT THE DOZER SINK DOWN AND WHEN THE SAW HIS BLADE COME UP HE SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND DISMOUNTED THE DOZER THEN IT ROLLED OVER ONE TURN ONTO ITS SIDE, AS THE SOFT CLAY SLID OFF OF ROCK FORMATION.

January 23, 1985 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
West Virginia Energy Inc · Fall from machine

SUBJECT HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF OF HIS DOZER AND AS THE WENT TO TURN AROUND HE SLIPPED AND FELL TWISTING HIS LEG KNEE.

1984 · 5 incidents

July 10, 1984 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
West Virginia Energy Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

SUBJECT HAD JUST LIFT ED HIS HIOOD TO LIGHT A CIGARETTE AND A PIECE OF SLAG POPPED OFF OF THE WELDING ROD HE HAD JUST USED AS IT COOLED OFF AND FLEW INTO HIS EYE

July 9, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
West Virginia Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

SUBJECT WAS PICKING STONE WHEN AN ELEVATED PLASTIC AIR DUCT CAME LOOSE & FELL APPROX 3\ STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT HAND AFTER IT GLANCED OFF OF HIS HARD HAT. THIS WAS A PIECE OF PLASTIC SEWER P IPE 6"X10\ WITH A TEE ATTACHED TO MAINLINE.

June 25, 1984 WV · Coal MACHINERY
West Virginia Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries

THE DOZER WAS RECLAIMING OVERBURDEN BAC INTO FORWARD PIT INSTEAD OF KEEPING MACHINE LEVEL & STRAIGHT & PUSHING UP A RAMP HE STARTED PUSHING ON A SLOPE AT AN AGLE AND SLID OFF OF A B16 ROCK & U PSET THE DOZER ONTO ITS LEFT SIDE.

June 14, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
West Virginia Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

SUBJECT WAS WORKING BELOW A DOZER (WHO WAS PUSHING DIRT) HOOKING UP A WATER PUMP HOSE ANDA CARGE PIECE OF WET DIRT ROLLED AROUND THE EDGE OF THE DOZER BLADE AND ROLLED DOWN SLOPE INTO HIM KNOC KING HIM DOWN.

April 12, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
West Virginia Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT CLAIMB THAT WHEN HE HAS TO MOVE HIS HEAD FROM SIDE TO SIDE TOO MUCH HE HAD PAIN IN NECK.

1983 · 6 incidents

December 19, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
West Virginia Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT ATTEMPTED TO GRAB AN OBJECT THOUGHT TO BE A PIECE OF TAPE OFF OF A MOVING FAN BELT AND HIS FINGER WAS STRUCK BY THIS OBJECT UNKNOWN

September 19, 1983 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
West Virginia Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT WAS GETTING ON HIS DOZER AND SLIPPED BACKWARDS AND AS HE WENT BACK HE GRABBED A HAND HOLD AND THE SUDDEN JAR PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK

August 30, 1983 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
West Virginia Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

SUBJECT WAS ATTEMPTING TO GO AROUND A SURVEY PARTY VEHICLE AND AS HE DROVE OVER THE BERM THE BOWL OF HIS PAN CAUGHT A BIG ROCK CAUSING THE BACK TO SLIDE OVER THE EDGE AND IT FLIPPED THE PAN O VER. NOT ANY LOST TIME SHOWN WILL BE DUE TO EQUIPMENT DAMAGE SUBJECT SAID HE IS AVAILABLE TO WORK.

March 25, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
West Virginia Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SUBJECT WAS REMOVING A RAG THAT HE HAD PLACED NEAR THE FLY WHEEL ON A PUMP HE HAD JUST STARTED AND IT CAUGHT HIS HAND

March 3, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Virginia Energy Inc · Struck against stationary object

SUBJECT TOLD HIS FOREMAN THAT HE RAISED UP WHILE WORKING UNDER THE MACHINE AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AND JAMMED HIS NECK.

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