Mining Incidents

Rader Run Surface Mine #2 and #3 Coal

Resource Fuels, LLC · Surface
Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608380

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
Feb 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
34
citations
11
significant & substantial
$2,835
proposed penalties
$2,607
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
2002 Q4 550 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,444 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 16,271 14 4 860.4
2002 Q1 19,333 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 10,080 5 0 496.0
2001 Q3 9,883 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,883 8 4 900.6
2001 Q1 10,908 1 1 91.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2003 · 1 incident

February 26, 2003 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer NO VALUE FOUND
Raders Run Mining Llc · No Value Found

EE WAS CLIMBING AN APPROX 2:1 SLOPE ON THE DOZER WHEN IT KICKED SIDEWAYS ON FROZEN GROUND. IT SLID SIDEWAYS, STRUCK BERM & ROLLED 2 TIMES. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY BELT.

2002 · 2 incidents

July 16, 2002 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Raders Run Mining Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING ACROSS PIT AREA AND TWISTED RT. FOOT. OPERATION EXPERIENCED SHUT-DOWN. EE WAS LAID OFF DUE TO MINING PERMITS.

February 20, 2002 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Raders Run Mining Llc · Fall from machine

EE WAS DISMOUNTING CAT D9 DOZER- LOST FOOTING & TWISTED LOWER BACK AREA.

2001 · 3 incidents

October 26, 2001 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Raders Run Mining Llc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK LIFTING 5 GALLON BUCKET.

July 27, 2001 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midland Trail Resources Llc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CHANGING OUT A BROKEN BOLT ON PRESS ROLLER TRACKING ARM. THE OTHER BOLT HOLDING ARM BROKE & ROLLER FELL AGAINST HIS ARM CAUSING A BRUISE.

June 13, 2001 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midland Trail Resources Llc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE IS A SURFACE MINE FOREMAN. HE WAS RE-SETTING A LIGHT PLANT TO A NEW SURFACE LOCATION. HE RAISED THE BOOM ON PLANT AND REACHED DOWN TO SET HOLDING PIN. THE BOOM SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND PINCHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BOOM AND PINCH POINT.