Mining Incidents

Bull Creek Prep & Refuse Disp Facility Coal

Ashford, Boone County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4608940

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2009–2018
Latest incident
Jun 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
341
citations
154
significant & substantial
$137,791
proposed penalties
$62,446
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
2025 Q4 5,021 14 2 2788.3
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 20 7
2025 Q1 5,856 1 1 170.8
2024 Q4 2,365 22 8 9302.3
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 2,591 18 8 6947.1
2024 Q1 517 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2018 · 1 incident

June 20, 2018 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Raven Crest Contracting, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Driver was attempting to raise the hood on coal truck. As driver was lifting hood from left side it caught on something. When it suddenly stopped driver had immediate pain to left shoulder.

2017 · 1 incident

July 11, 2017 WV · Coal FIRE
Raven Crest Contracting, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

MSHA inspector discovered a small fire in the berm beside a coal stockpile. The high sulfur coal in the berm has spontaneously ignited due to an increase in the ambient temperature. Burning material was spread, watered, and compacted to extinguish fire. The adjoining stockpile was watered and spread out to eliminate some build up of heat.

2014 · 1 incident

January 17, 2014 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Raven Crest Contracting, LLC · Struck by flying object

A piece of slag being chipped from a recently welded piece of metal went into employee's left eye. Medical treatment was received requiring prescription eye drops there is no lost time with this accident.

2013 · 1 incident

November 1, 2013 WV · Coal miner, prospector, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Raven Crest Contracting, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hit hand with hammer between the thumb and index finger on left hand while hand was placed on pipe. Requiring stitches between left thumb and index finger on left hand. Employee returned to work next scheduled work day. No lost time

2011 · 1 incident

September 30, 2011 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Raven Crest Contracting, LLC · Struck against a moving object

The operator ran the loader off the right side of the road onto the bank and turned over in middle of the road.

2010 · 1 incident

July 20, 2010 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Raven Crest Contracting, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Location: Auto Coal Sampler at the crusher plant. Checking secondary sweep on sampler. Had his hand in the secondary, secondary made a sweep and pinned arm and hand in the belt.

2009 · 1 incident

March 23, 2009 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Raven Crest Contracting, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

While cleaning up maintenance yard, Injury lifted a piece of metal and felt pain in his groin area. No medical treatment or missed time. It was reported as an incident only. However, it appears that a hernia has resulted in this strain and he just sought medical treatment on 10/3/09.