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The employee was walking off the face at the G1HG longwall section. As employee passed the head gate drive, the previously bolted and meshed rib unexpectedly failed and the material struck employee resulting crushing type injuries.

The employee was working on a Fletcher roof bolter. He had the panel board off trouble shooting inside the electrical components of the machine. He apparently came in contact with electricity. The investigation is not complete at this time.

While in the process of pulling top chain onto the longwall conveyor panline, the chain became fouled. While examining the area, an apparent failure of the sheave anchor point may have occurred allowing the rope and sheave to be propelled forward. An unknown portion of the assembly apparently struck the injured causing fatal injuries.

Was struck in the head by a slate bar while prying on the wire side trucks during a re-railing of an off track mine car. Admitted in hospital on 2-12-13, became fatal on 2-14-13.

While operating a dozer on the Nolans Run slurry impoundment saddle, the ground on which he was working suddenly and unexpectedly gave way, causing the dozer to fall into the water. The victim was unaccounted for until his body was located in the dozer' s cab and was ultimately recovered on December 14, 2012.

At 116 1/2 block on the main north haulage the individual was removing a bolt that was close to the trolley wire when a rock fell from the roof pinning him to the mine floor.

The IEE was operating a supp. motor and was helping move a shuttle car. Shuttle car caught a fire valve and broke the fire valve off. The damaged fire outlet was isolated from the main water supply before repairs were started.The IEE was helping re-install the fire valve when the valve blew off and hit the EE over the lt. eye and forehead, causing lacerations,fractures.

At approx 7:40pm, a haulage accident occurred on the surface area of mine. The EE was in the process of attaching a wire nip to a trolley pole of a ditch digger while apparently standing in front of the ditch digger. The ditch digger became energized and contacted the EE causing injury and subsequent amputation of the lower right extremity at the hip. EE was pronounced dead.

Fatal injury due to a rib roll while bolting a belt trench at 240 blk 4 to 7 in 9 south.

Employee was in the process of setting or had set a roof jack, on the left inby corner or #60 Crosscut between the No 2 and No. 1 entry in the 4 west miner section. A piece of stone fell out of the roof and struck the employee, pinning him to the ground.

A death of an employee occurred on or in the Ohio River. The death is still under investigation & the autopsy report has not been released. The cause is unknown at this time. Report is being filed under protest due to jurisdictional issues yet resolved. The deceased was working on empty barge when last seen. Upon his disappearance, a search commenced & his body found approx 2:30am.

Employee was disconnecting drawbar from dolly on outby end when trail motor collided with dollies and pushed dollies and employee into outby motor fatally injuring employee.

Employee was marking locations to install roof bolts, a piece of slickensided rock fell striking the employee's head and crushed his head against the drill station canopy.

Employee was involved in a fatal rail haulage accident. The accident investigation is on-going. EE-fatally injured while transporting two flats of supplies along the 3-west track haulage. Other ee discovered the victim laying between the clearance side of the track and the mine rib at No. 129. EE was unresponsive at this time. EMT arrived-unable revive the victim.

Boom truck being used to set concrete safety barriers beside driveway at the request of MSHA inspector. Boom assy. on truck had approx. 18' clearance under overhead power line. Operator of truck and deceased had just moved truck and reset up to have more clearance under the wires. On first lift the boom was extended too far and made contact with wires. Day was clear, dry and sunny.

EE was operating continuous miner in the #4 heading was cutting right lift. Approx. 25' when top broke starting at the face falling outby into intersection. Positioned on the right side of the intersection miner from kneeling position located between the 3 & 4th row of bolts outby the face. Head and body trauma resulting in death

The victim was standing behind the center bolter observing the slack power cable laying on the ground. As he walked around the bolter to check for slack, he stepped on a small rock (saucer dish size) causing him to twist & fall to the bottom. He was taken to the hospital and a soft cast was put on. He went into convulsions on 4/28/07 at home and later died at the hospital.

The employee came into contact with a guy wire, which broke loose and came in contact with an energized condutor on the pole. There was no insulator or proper anchor on the guy wire, this caused the employee to be electrocuted.

The victim was walking in front of the #11 scoop that was traveling in #1(intake) entry of the 14A longwall to deliver posting material to the worksite. The operator of the scoop stated that he saw the victim walking on the side opposite of the operator. He then looked back & did not see him. He exited the cab & walked to the front of scoop & found the vicim injured on the ground.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CHANGE OUT A BOTTOM BELT SCRAPER AT 3 EAST MAINS #1 TAILPIECE. EMPLOYEE WAS PULLED INTO THE TAILPIECE RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES.

5 North face area, right side, cross 5 to 6 at survey station 38 and 82. Coal and rock fell out on right side of miner knocking man's head and neck into side of the continuous miner.

AN APPARENT METHANE EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHILE CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS BEING CONDUCTED ON THE SHAFT BOTTOM, RESULTING IN THREE FATALITIES. THREE OTHER WORKERS WERE INJURED. THE SHAFT WAS APPROXIMA TELY 950 FEET DEEP AND WAS WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET OF INTERSECTING THE COAL SEAM.

AN APPARENT METHANE EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHILE CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS BEING CONDUCTED ON THE SHAFT BOTTOM, RESULTING IN THREE FATALITIES. THREE OTHER WORKERS WERE INJURED. THE SHAFT WAS APPROXIMA TELY 950 FEET DEEP AND WAS WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET OF INTERSECTING THE COAL SEAM.

AN APPARENT METHANE EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHILE CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS BEING CONDUCTED ON THE SHAFT BOTTOM, RESULTING IN THREE FATALITIES. THREE OTHER WORKERS WERE INJURED. THE SHAFT WAS APPROXIMA TELY 950 FEET DEEP AND WAS WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET OF INTERSECTING THE COAL SEAM.

PAGE PORTAL OLD BUNKER AREA-WHILE AT WORK IN THE DISCHASE AREA OF THE OLD BUNKER, EE RECEIVED FATAL CRUSHING INJRIES WHEN HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A STATIONARY BEAM AND THE NO.12 BUNKER CAR.

EE WAS OPERATING A STAMLER COAL HAULER AND HAD ATTEMPTED TO TRAM AROUND AN UN CUT CORNER. IN DOING SO HIS HAULER APPARENTLY PINCHED THE ENEGIZED LOADER CABLE BETWEEN THE HAULER AND THE COAL RI B. EE EXITED THE MACHINE TO LOOK AT THE DAMAGE TO THE CABLE AND WAS APPARENTLY ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE CONTACTED THE FRAME OF THE COAL HAULER.

IT IS THE BELIEF OF THE INVESTIGATION TEAMS THATTHE VICTIM WAS STANDING APPROX. 8' FROM A PUMP AT ITS ON/OFF SWITCH. UPON DEENERGIZING THE PUMPA CONDITION WITHIN THE PUMP CAUSED IT TO EXPLODE PROPELLING THE IMPELLER COVER PLATE STRIKING THEVICTIM ON THE TORSO AND PELVIS.

2 RIGHT 5 SOUTH TRACK ENTRY, TWO EES WERE INSTALLING FISH PLATES IUNBY A FLAT CAR LOADED WITH RAILS AND ATTACHED TO A BATTERY LOCOMOTIVE. WHEN A THIRD EE ATTEMPTED TO NMOVE THE LOCOMOTIVE AND RAIL CAR OUTBY, IT TRAVELED INBY STRIKING THE EES INSTALLING THE FISH PLATES RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO ONE EE AND MINOR CONTUSIONS TO THE OTHER EE. ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

TECHNICIAN HAD ASCENDED A THERMAL DRYER EXHAUST STACK PLATFORM IN CONJUCTION WITH SAMPLING EMISSION ACTIVITY. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE ICE FROM THE PLATFORM WITH HIS FEET, A SECTION OF GRATI NG BROKE LOOSE CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUNDRESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES.

AT THE BUNKER TAIL SHAFT AREA, MECHANICS WERE GETTING READY TO TAKE SLACK OUT OF "B" CHAIN TO PULL SLACK WHEN A WELD THAT HELD THE TENSION ARM IN PLACE BROKE. THE RELEASED TENSION ARM CAME UP THROUGH THE STEPS WHERE THE VICTIM WAS STANDING CAUSING SEVERE LACERATION TO FEMORAL ARTERY IN HIS GROIN AREA.

EE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHILE POSITIONED IN THE VICINITY OF MINE CARS IN THE ROTARY DUMP AREA. ITIS UNK WHAT EE WAS DOING IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT OR HOW THE ACCIDENT ITSELF OCCURRED

THE WORKER WAS WELDING OVER THE WASHER STANDING ON A SCAFFOLDING. THE WORKER EITHER WAS PULLED OR FELL INTO THE WASHER TO HIS DEATH

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF RECOVERING A SLURRY LINE THROUGH A CANOPIED AREA. FOR REASONS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, THE CANOPY COLLAPSED CAUSING FATAL INJUIES TO THE EMPLOYEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF RECOVERING A SLURRY LINE THROUGH A CANOPIED AREA. FOR REASONS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, THE CANOPY COLLAPSED CAUSING FATAL INJURIES TO EMPLOYEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING UNLOAD POWER ASSEMBLIES. WHEN HE REACHED FOR CRANE CABLE HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL. AS HE FELL FROM THE FLAT BED TRUCK HE GRABBED HOLD OF TWO POWER ASSEMBLIES PULLING T HEM DOWN ON TOP OF HIM RESULTING IN HIS DEATH.

WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL THAT WAS HUNG UP IN HOLE (BEING DRILLED) HE WAS HOLDING THE STEEL WITH HIS RIGHT HAND(WEARING RUBBER GLOVES) AND HIT THE DRILL ROTATION LEVER WITH HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING HIS RIGHT HAND TO BE CAUGHT IN THE ROTATION OF THE STEEL RESULTING IN A FRACTURE OF HIS RIGHT FOREARM.

MINING HAD JUST BEEN COMPLETED IN THE 2 LEFT CROSSCUT ON THE 4 WEST SECTION. AS EE WAS MAKING PREPARATIONS TO TRAM THE CONTINUOUS MINER OUT OF THE WORKING PLACE, A RIB ROLLED OUT OF A PROJETED FACE AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN THE BULLDOZER HE WAS OPERATING WAS BURIED BENEATH THE COAL STOCKPILE ON WHICH THE MACHINE WAS OPERATING.

17B LONGWALL WAS IDLE FOR MAINTENENCE & REPAIRS. A RAM JACK WAS BEING TRANSPORTED THROUGH THE STAGELOADER ON THE CHAIN CONVEYOR. THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO THE STAGELOADER CHAIN TO CHECK THE PO SITION OF THE JACK. THE STAGELOADER CHAIN STARTED & HE WAS PULLED INTO THE STAGELOADER CAUSING THE CRUSHING INJURIES.

MOTOR STRUCK A PARKED SHIELD, STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

WHILE HELPING REPAIR THE BELT DRIVE CHAIN, HE POSITIONED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE BELT AND FRAME, THE BELT UNEXPECTEDLY STARTED, PULLING HIM INTO BELT DRIVE.

6 SOUTH GRADE #4 ENTRY OUTBY 87 INTERSECTION APPARENTLY COAL AND ROCK FALL.

ON WEDNESDAY 01-24-96 AT APPROX 4:15PM A FTAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE RIVER LOADOUT FACILITY OFCONSOLIDATION COAL CO HUMPHREY NO 7 MINE. THE EMPLOYEE,A RIVERMAN,FELL INTO THE MONONGAHELA RIVE R FROM A TUG BOAT WHILE CAPTURING A LOADED COAL RIVER BARGE.THE EMPLOYEE WAS RECOVERED BY CONSOLIDATION COAL CO EMPLOYEE AND TRANSPORTED TO RUBY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN MORGANTOWN, WV.MEMBERS OF

ACCIDENT STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION- EE WAS CLIMBING AND CUTTING STRUCTURE (METAL), WHEN THE STRUCTURE HE WAS TIED TO RIPPED AWAY AND HIS SAFETY ROPE DID NOT HOLD.

A ROOF FALL MEASURING 60' LONG X 8' THICK AND 15' WIDE FELL IN THE #4 INTERSECTION OF #2 UNIT FATALLY INJURING AN EMPLOYEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 19' 6" INBY THE NORTH MAINS #3 BELT TRANSFER POINT BETWEEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM BELT OF THE 3 NORTH MAINS #2 BELT.FORMAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO CONCLUSIVE FAT ALITY CAUSE OR ANY ASPECT OF NONE COMPLIANCE WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS.

ON MARCH 19 1992 AT APPROX 10:20AM AN EXPLOSION ACIDENT OCCURRED AT SURFACE WORK AREA OF CONSOLIDATION COAL CO BLACKSVILLE NO 1 MINE ID NO 46 01867 EXPLOSION FATALLY INJURED FOUR WORKMEN HOSPI TALIZED TWO WORKMEN & RESULTED IN TWO OTHER WORKRECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT ACCIDENT OCURRED AT TOP OF SEALED PRODUCTION SHAFT WHERE A SKIP HOIST HAD BEEN REMOVED WORKMEN WERE IN PROCESS OF I

ON MARCH 19 1992 AT APPROX 10:20AM AN EXPLOSION ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE SURFACE WORK AREA OF CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANYS BLACKSVILLE NO 1 MINE ID NO 4601867 THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE TOP O F A SEALED PRODUCTION SHAFT WHERE A SKIP HOIST HAD BEEN REMOVED WORKMEN WERE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A METAL PIPE THROUGH THE SEAL CAP WHEN EXPLOSION OCCURRED

ON MARCH 19 1992 AT APPROX 10:20AM AN EXPLOSION ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE SURFACE WORK AREA OF CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANYS BLACKSVILLE NO 1 MINE ID NO 4601867 EXPLOSION FATALLY INJURED FOUR WOR KMEN HOSPITALIZED TWO WORKMEN & RESULTED IN TWO OTHER WORKMEN RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT TOP OF SEALED PRODUCTION SHAFT WHERE A SKIP HOIST HAD BEEN REMOVED WORKMEN W3RE

VICTIM WAS AT A CONSTRUCITON SITE WHERE CONTRACTORS WERE WORKING AT THE TOP OF A PRODUCTION SHAFT WHEN AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED CAUSING HIS DEATH