Mining Incidents

Kingwood Mining Company LLCOperator

Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
MSHA Operator ID: 0051089
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
520
Mines on record
1
Period
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Top causes

  • FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL1 fatality · 8 non-fatal
  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK368 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS29 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON29 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY26 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)17 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2009
1
2008
109
2007
63
2006
53 (1f)
2005
57
2004
103
2003
134

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Struck by falling object

The miner operator on the east mains, left section, MMU 007-0, received fatal crushing injuries when portions of the right rib and corner fell unexpectedly. This occurred suddenly while the miner operator was cleaning the second cut in the 5 to 6 crosscut. The rib anomaly was approx 8.5' X 4.5' X 4.5' in the 5 to 6 crosscut and fell pinning operator against shuttle car.