Mining Incidents

Beehive Coal

Honaker, Russell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405411

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2001–2011
Latest incident
Oct 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
436
citations
115
significant & substantial
$96,078
proposed penalties
$91,497
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1 2,457 26 7 10582.0
2012 Q4 4,982 37 6 7426.7
2012 Q3 4,085 10 4 2448.0
2012 Q2 0 3 0
2012 Q1 8,590 24 9 2793.9
2011 Q4 9,808 17 8 1733.3
2011 Q3 7,601 21 7 2762.8
2011 Q2 715 20 7 27972.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2011 · 2 incidents

October 1, 2011 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Omega Mining - Beehive Coal Co., LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Operator was bolting top, went to let drill head down and worked wrong lever, swung canopy into left hand, pinching hand between drill steel and canopy.

August 30, 2011 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Omega Mining - Beehive Coal Co., LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Slips in rock strata caused roof fall in return. Roof deterioration over time making the length of the roof support inadequate. Fall was located in #8 entry at survey station 891 on 1st right main panel.

2010 · 1 incident

September 20, 2010 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Omega Mining, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

Unintentional roof fall in No. 4 entry on No. 2 belt (secondary escape way) at survey station No. 463. Sides of fall were slick sided and appeared to be horseback in roof. The mine was in a non-producing status and under going a re-opening inspection at time of fall.

2009 · 3 incidents

April 20, 2009 VA · Coal OTHER
Omega Mining, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

The continuous miner on the 002 section was cutting the 2 left crosscut into the #1 heading 120 ft inby SS 863 when it cut into old works. A hole app 2 ft x 4 ft intersected into the old works. No low O2, Methane or water was encountered during the hole through. Personnel was removed from the mines with no injuries.

April 6, 2009 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Omega Mining, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall occurred in an area where evidence of a low-angled slicker sided condition was present in the mine roof within a transition area evident both inby and outby affected area.

February 2, 2009 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Omega Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While loading roof bolt supplies into scoop, the scoop operator dropped scoop bucket on employee's right foot.

2008 · 1 incident

May 22, 2008 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Omega Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Co-worker was driving pin out of matt chain while worker was holding pin. Hammer glanced off pin striking worker in mouth.

2006 · 1 incident

December 17, 2006 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Omega Mining, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The miner operator while operating a continuous miner was traped between the rib and continuous miner resulting in a bruised lung.

2001 · 3 incidents

August 29, 2001 VA · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
D J Coal Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING SCRAPER ON NO 2 BELT DRIVE WHEN A SPLICE ON NO 1 BELT CAUGHT HIS LIGHT CORD PULLING HIM AGAINST BELT WHEN A BELT SPLICE RUBBED LEFT SIDE OF HIS CHEST CAUSING A 5" LACERAT ION AND 1" DEEP ON LEFT SIDE OF HIS CHEST.

August 27, 2001 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D J Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING MINER BITS ON MINER HEAD WHEN ANOTHER PERSON STRUCK ANOTHER BIT INJ EE WAS TURNED AROUND TOWARD HIM WITH A HAMMER CAUSING A PIECE OF METAL TO CHIP OFF, HITTING INJ EE IN THE LE FT EYE CUTTING THE EYEBALL & EYE LID

August 9, 2001 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
D J Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WEKDING BITT LUGGS ON MINER, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON HIS HEAD AND SHOULDER. THE ROCK WAS 2 FT BY 2 FT BY 1 INCH THICK. HE DECLINED THE AMBULANCE. HE SAID DOC TOLD HIM HE HAD A LIGHT NECK SPRAIN OR CERVICAL SPRAIN.