Marion County Coal Miner Killed in Accident

Another West Virginia coal miner has lost his life in this tragic year.  The Charleston Gazette reported yesterday that 39-year-old Jessie Adkins was killed in a rib roll at Consol Energy’s Loveridge Mine in Fairview, Marion County.  A rib roll is where a block of left over coal comes loose from the wall or ceiling [...]

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WV Coal Miner Killed in Greenbrier County

Another West Virginia Coal miner was killed on Thursday at a Massey Energy coal mine in Greenbrier County.  According to a story in the Charleston Gazette, the miner worked at White Buck Coal Company’s Pocahontas Mine near Leivasy.  Tragically, this is the 40th coal miner killed this year and the 32nd West Virginia Miner killed. [...]

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Citations At Massey Mine Numerous Prior to Explosion

The Massey Energy Company owned Upper Big Branch Mine was subject to a number of safety violations in the time leading up to the explosion that has taken the life of twenty-five West Virginia Coal miners in Raleigh County.  According to an article in the Charleston Gazette located here, miners were so concerned about conditions [...]

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DuPont Belle Fatality Linked to “Fraying” Chemical Hose

An investigation into the death of a DuPont worker at the Belle, West Virginia chemical plant by the federal Chemical Safety Board has found that a chemical hose that leaked showed signs earlier in the week of “fraying” and “wear.”  The Charleston Gazette ran a story about the investigation here. The federal Chemical Safety Board [...]

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DuPont Worker Dies After Chemical Exposure

A worker from the DuPont Belle plant has died as a result of being sprayed by phosgene gas while at work.  According to a story in the Charleston Gazette, Carl “Dan” Fish of Gallagher, West Virginia died at CAMC hospital.  Mr. Fish had been exposed to the phosgene, a chemical used as a weapon during [...]

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Chemical Issues in the Chemical Valley

Some of the dangers of living and working in Charleston, West Virginia have been evident in the past few months.  The infamous chemical valley has had several incidents recently.  These have included an explosion in Institute, West Virginia at the Bayer CropScience plant, an ammonia leak near Carbon, West Virginia, and a gas blow-off stack fire [...]

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Ammonia Leak Near Carbon, West Virginia

The West Virginia Gazette reported today that residents in the area of Carbon and along Cabin Creek in West Virginia have been asked to stay indoors due to an ammonia leak.  The story is here. The article reports that a tank owned by Penn Virginia was leaking ammonia, which is used in water treatment at [...]

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Worker falls to death at AEP John Amos Plant

The Charleston Gazette reported yesterday that a worker at American Electric Power’s John Amos Plant near St. Albans, West Virginia died after a fall.  The article is here.  The report notes that this is the third fatal death at the plant in the last five years and the sixth at an AEP plant in West [...]

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