Beckley Pocahontas Mine — Accidents

Total: 282 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/29/2026 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee states that while cleaning up rock a piece of top measuring approximately 5"" wide, x 6"" long, x 5"" thick roof fell from between the bolts and struck EE on the leg.
01/28/2026 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee states as EE was walking down entry EE either stepped in a hole or on a rock and twisted EE's knee. EE also states EE felt EE's knee pop.
01/20/2026 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None The employee stated that EE became dizzy and fell off the ladder while plastering a stopping. The ladder was 4', and total height in area was around 9 1/2', EE fell between 2' and 3' to the ground.
01/14/2026 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None EE was walking to the back of the machine to put oil in and slipped while crossing the cable.
01/07/2026 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While bent over putting oil in bolter a piece of roof rock fell and hit them on their arm/shoulder. Because they were bent over in the walkway of the machine, the rock fell perpendicular and broke acr...
12/03/2025 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On January 29th, 2026, Mine management personnel received info about an injury that happened on December 3rd, 2025. Employee received a laceration behind EE's right ear from a roof bolt that required...
10/29/2025 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost The employee was installing bolts and went to lower the canopy when the seal of the canopy jack blew out and dropped down suddenly. The bottom of the canopy hit them on the top of their head and stove...
10/06/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall occurred near Spad # 34462 on Panel D1 (5A Belt Break #38) of the active Section No. 5 at 10:55AM. This fall was in the LOB where the miner was loading at the time. The fall is approximate...
07/07/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall was found near survey station 33820 at the 23 cross-cut on the B Submains on 4 section. The fall measured approximately 18', x 18', x 10' high.
04/01/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None A roof fall that was not previously considered reportable under the criteria is now being reported due to MMU equipment being installed in the area. At Spad # 30889 an unintentional roof fall occurred...
02/08/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE was replacing the pin on the scoop lift jack pin. EE leveraged the jack with a chain and slate bar and was going to check alignment. EE used the left middle finger when the jack fell catching their...
01/02/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost The employee states that that while operating the Romac Water Truck it began to get stuck (Hung-Up) so EE looked backward to try and back up. While still looking backward EE shifted back into the forw...
09/25/2024 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Power was lost off of the main grid. An employee was discovered to be a couple feet from the bottom on the elevator. Generator was started around 5:46 and they were lowered and exited the elevator at...
09/20/2024 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None An unintentional roof fall was found by the weekly examiner near spad 30803 at 8:03. The area was cribbed and dangered off on all approaches. The fall was approximately 8' in height, and 20' long and...
09/05/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A sudden PLC fault allowed slack to form and force the No. 4 hoist rope over into No. 1 hoist rope on the sheave wheel. The elevator was 30 feet from the mine floor and 8 miners inside. Shortly after...
08/21/2024 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A fire was discovered on the number 16 bolter while making a preshift exam in the number 9 entry of the number 4 section. Fire was extinguished by using fire extinguishers, rock dust, and water deluge...
08/06/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 221d lost Note: The original date of injury was 8/6. The employee continued to work until November 22 at which time the results of an MRI revealed that time off work would be needed. Description: Employee smack...
05/17/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost Note: The original diagnoses was an infection. It was not diagnosed as a hernia until after seeing a specialist on 5/28/2024. Description: While dragging a timber down the offside of 3C head EE felt a...
04/26/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost When coming off the section to outside the mantrip hit a hole and caused the employee to bounce up into the canopy and back down.
03/23/2024 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While adjusting a wire mesh panel, a piece of top rock fell and broke through the previously installed and next panel of mesh and hit the employee's left hand/finger.
03/19/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The cord to the elevator door switch was damaged. This caused the elevator to not work from 11:30PM until 1:35AM on the 20th. There were no employees when this occurred.
03/06/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was passenger on a rubber tire mantrip exiting the mine. The operator of mantrip steered closer to rib to avoid a hole in roadway at which time employee as passenger had their foot slip off t...
02/22/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 161d lost The employee was holding up the curtain to allow the scoop to travel bucket first down the No. 4 entry. As the scoop trammed forward the deck of the scoop hit the injured employees left leg.
01/05/2024 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 368d lost The employee was attempting to push in the bottom rib bolt. While at the same time EE was holding the wrench to seat the bolt head. EE then spun the wrench, and EE's glove was caught between the wrenc...
12/27/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None One strand of the No.6 traction cable broke and unwound causing the strand to bunch up on the drive motor sheave wheels. This caused the rope gripper brake and the car safety wedge brakes to engage. T...
12/21/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 128d lost The employee was changing the bearings in the #24 tow motor. The machine was blocked, and a crib block placed under the hub and a bottle jack placed under the trunnion. After changing the top bearing,...
12/15/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing the fork back onto the forklift. While trying to get it into place EE's left-middle finger was caught between the back-clip of the fork and the cleat of the fork-frame. EE rece...
10/13/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None As the EE was loading the roof bolter they stepped off the back of the machine to get more supplies and sprained an ankle.
07/04/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 86d lost The employee was carrying two full buckets of miner bits and tripped on a rock. They fell into a rib and felt pain in their back, legs, and pelvic region.
06/22/2023 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of positioning the drill station to drill a corner bolt on the outside of the entry when a rock/kettle bottom fell from the roof, sliding down the roof screen and struck EE...
06/05/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While bolting, the employee was placing a piece of mesh on top of the ATRS and adjusting it with EE's hands. A rock fell and caught the inby corner of the mesh and caused the mesh to spin around and s...
05/01/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 283d lost While loading a top roller into a scoop insert, EE stated felt a pop in lower back.
01/14/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 118d lost Two employees were hanging bottom roller on structure during a belt move. The roller was being lifted simultaneously by each employee with the bottom belt laying loose over top. The injured employee f...
11/28/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 86d lost While traveling up 3A belt conducting an on-shift the EE's ride broke down. When EE stepped off and began to stand up EE lost balance and fell back into the ride. EE's left foot was caught between the...
06/22/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost The employees were pulling in/out 1000' of belt. While the injured employee was pulling the redwing (AKA Duck-Bill) over by hand to keep the belt straight the redwing slipped off while under pressure...
06/21/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 224d lost The employee was removing the lower ATRS jack with a slate bar. The jack was partially stuck and when EE was prying up, EE felt a sharp pain in the right bicep.
06/20/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was walking from 3 towards 2L at the Paint Creek Shaft site when EE slipped/fell on a ledge and tried to catch self with a chain-fall hoist chain that was hanging from the roof. In the at...
06/09/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost While in the process of changing scoop batteries when they were lowering one side of the lid their fingers were caught between the battery lid lock and battery tray.
05/24/2022 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 93d lost The employee and crew had stretched out an old piece of high-voltage cable for repair. When the EE stepped out of the forklift, EE's ankle rolled and fractured two bones in their foot on an old high-v...
04/12/2022 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost While installing a roof bolt, the employee raised the drill pot to insert the roof bolt into the wrench. The employee's glove was caught between the wrench and the bolt and when the rotation was bumpe...
02/04/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost Two employees were re-stacking a stopping that had been being used as the diesel regulator. There were 2-3 rows of block left attached to mine roof that became dislodged as the witness was straighteni...
01/21/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 634d lost Employee was tramming the #2 scoop thru a set of fly pads in the #7 entry when EE ran over a rock and it bounced EE into the canopy causing EE to hurt back. After an MRI was done it was determined it...
12/06/2021 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The washdown hose on the miner was coiled up on the rear of the machine with the valve end drooping over from the top of the machine to the floor. The employee was in the process of cutting coal when...
10/29/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 252d lost Note: The employee did not begin missing work until 11/2/2021. Description: After drilling the inside bolt hole the employee inserted the glue and as EE was inserting the bolt into the hole EE felt a...
09/10/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While adjusting the forks on the # 21 Forklift the fork came off and struck EE's lower right leg.
09/10/2021 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While the employee was drilling to install a roof bolt, approximately 3' into the hole rock broke out around hole and fell hitting the drill pot and reflected into EE's right leg. The rock was approxi...
08/26/2021 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had removed the bottom plug from drill pot to work on suction. Employee placed right index finger inside the pot to check for debris and while doing so they inadvertently contacted the joy st...
08/16/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing the bottom rib bolt when a piece of rock fell from the roof striking EE on the left leg right above the knee causing a laceration.
07/29/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While the employee went to add their second piece of steel together to finish drilling the hole, a piece of loose roof fell and hit EE on the arm.
06/03/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 690d lost The employee had just completed pre-op and was handing it to foreman when a piece of rock measuring 3'x4' and from 10' to 2 ?"" thick fell from in-between a row of roof bolts. This rock struck the EE...