Mining Incidents

Blackberry Coalburg Coal

Alex Energy Inc · Underground
Drennen, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609262

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Jul 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
97
citations
25
significant & substantial
$20,791
proposed penalties
$20,791
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 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q4 2,989 35 10 11709.6
2008 Q3 16,688 49 14 2936.2
2008 Q2 12,511 12 1 959.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

July 25, 2008 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Alex Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking up toward face #2 near corner of 2 right, one cut inby spad #170. The shuttle car was in face of no. 2. The shuttle car started to take up cable as employee straddled the cable and the cable struck him on the inside of his right leg just above the ankle.