Mining Incidents

Beetree Surface Mine Coal

Whitesville, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609176

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2010–2011
Latest incident
Nov 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
51
citations
20
significant & substantial
$26,073
proposed penalties
$24,876
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
2019 Q2 1,763 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 354 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 600 5 0 8333.3
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 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

4 on file

2011 · 3 incidents

November 9, 2011 WV · Coal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marfork Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking across the bench area, stepped on a loose rock slipped and fell. Resulting in a hairline fracture of the right fibula

May 12, 2011 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Marfork Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a Mack Coal truck when the truck struck a pot hole. The air ride seat lost air causing the employees seat to bottom out, injuring his lower back. The employee was placed off work due to a diagnosis of bulging disk's.

March 22, 2011 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marfork Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was walking across the bench when his foot hit a exposed root, causing him to trip and fall resulting in him twisting his right ankle

2010 · 1 incident

June 9, 2010 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marfork Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While cleaning rock off miner and trouble shooting leak. Rock piled up by the miner from what had been cleaned away from pulling out. Member was turned away to leave, when rock slid down from pile against the calf of his right leg and smashed it into another rock.