Mining Incidents

Cove Mountain Deep Mine Coal

Boggs, Webster County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4609133

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2012–2014
Latest incident
Jul 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
67
citations
15
significant & substantial
$27,251
proposed penalties
$25,471
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
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 2,171 5 0 2303.1
2014 Q2 21,255 7 2 329.3
2014 Q1 2,557 9 3 3519.7
2013 Q4 25,043 13 4 519.1
2013 Q3 29,455 6 0 203.7
2013 Q2 0 10 1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2014 · 2 incidents

July 15, 2014 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned roof fall occurred on the 002-0 section, two breaks inby spad # 73724 starting in the #6 face into the #6 to #7 cross-cut. Dimension on the fall was 40' in length, 5' to 7' in width and 8' in height.

March 24, 2014 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries

An unseen roof condition above test hole height 150 feet inby spad number 73124 in entry number 5. The fall was 22 feet in length 19 feet wide and 8 feet high.

2012 · 1 incident

June 8, 2012 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Brooks Run Mining Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was cutting trees for powerline. He had been cutting trees all day. He cut one small tree not foreseeing pressure from another tree pushing on the tree he was cutting. The saw kicked back chain brake was working correctly but apparently the angle he was cutting at prevented his arm from hitting the brake.