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Refuse Site: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Law Alan T
Meadow Creek, Summers County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4605747

MSHA record for Refuse Site (mine ID 4605747). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Jul 1985
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2
inspections on record
10
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 10 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. New River Company 1978 to 1986
  2. Mountain Laurel Resources Company 1987 to 1991
  3. Mountain Laurel Resources Company 1991 to 1993
  4. Mountain Laurel Resources Company 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Refuse Site sits in Summers County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Summers County, West Virginia · Population 11,833
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$42,544
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1985 · 1 incident

July 31, 1985 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New River Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PICKING COAL THRU GRIZZLY SCREEN AT ROTARY DUMP. FOOT WENT INTO SCREEN HOLE LOST BALANCE. JERKED ACKWARDS & FELL TO KNEE.

1984 · 4 incidents

December 5, 1984 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New River Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ONTOP OF A REFUSE TRUCK LOADING CATWALK WATCHING THE TRUCK PULL UNDER THE REFUSE BIN AND THE WALKWAY COLLAPSED AND FELL TO THE GROUND CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND ST RIKING THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD AND RIGHT HIP AGAINST THE GROUND.

November 27, 1984 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New River Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS BREAKING A PIECE OF SLATE ROCK WITH A HAMMER & HE SLIPPED & F ELL.

September 6, 1984 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New River Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP STEPPED ACROSS HANDRAIL TO CLEAN GRIZZLY SCREEN HANDRAIL GAVE WAY AND HE FELL AND TWISTED HIS BACK

August 8, 1984 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New River Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL SWITCHING TRACK -BENT OVER AND RAISED ,BACK POPPED OUT OF PLACE.

1983 · 1 incident

May 12, 1983 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New River Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE PUTTING FUEL IN DOZER