Mining Incidents

Beetree Surface MineCoal

Whitesville, Raleigh County, WV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609176
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2010–2011
Latest incident
Nov 2011
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2011 · 3 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking across the bench area, stepped on a loose rock slipped and fell. Resulting in a hairline fracture of the right fibula

Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a Mack Coal truck when the truck struck a pot hole. The air ride seat lost air causing the employees seat to bottom out, injuring his lower back. The employee was placed off work due to a diagnosis of bulging disk's.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was walking across the bench when his foot hit a exposed root, causing him to trip and fall resulting in him twisting his right ankle

2010 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While cleaning rock off miner and trouble shooting leak. Rock piled up by the miner from what had been cleaned away from pulling out. Member was turned away to leave, when rock slid down from pile against the calf of his right leg and smashed it into another rock.