SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE LOADING MATERIAL ON TO FORD 9000 SEEDER TRUCK INJURING RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER.
10 A Surface: 9 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for 10 A Surface (mine ID 4606211). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1983–1984
- Latest incident
- May 1984
- Belva Coal Company Inc 1980 to present
10 A Surface sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% of county employment.
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Reportable incidents
9 on file1984 · 1 incident
1983 · 8 incidents
INJURED WAS WALKING AROUND TRUCK AFTER COMPLETING SAFETY CHECKS WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT LEG.
WHILE VICTIM WAS BREAKING LUMPS OF COAL WITH SLEDGE HAMMER, HE SWUNG AND MISSED THROWING HIM OFF BALANCE RESULTING IN BACK STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOADER WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROUGH SECTION OF ROAD JOLTING THE MACHING AND THE OPERATOR
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHECKING HYDRAULIC FLUID LEVEL WHEN GOT HOLD OF HAND RAIL TO PULL HIMSELF UP THE HAND RAIL BROKE LOOSE AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING FROM OPERATOR\S POSITION WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET TO THE GROUND. DUE TO HOLIDAY, EMPLOYEE\S CONDITION NOT KNOWN UNTIL 4-5-83.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A COAL TRUCK HE ENCOUNTERED A LARGE HOLE IN THE ROADWAY WHICH RESULTED IN THE OPERATOR BEING JARRED FROM HIS SEAT CAUSING A STRAIN TO HIS BACK
EE TURNED IN DRIVER\S SEAT OF TRUCK TO RELEASE DUMP LEVER & AS A RESULT OF TWISTING HIS BODY SUF
VICITM STATED HE WAS OPERATING COAL TRUCK WHEN THE BRAKE BECAME INOPERATIVE HE DROVE TRUCK INTO DITCH AND IT WENT UP EMBANKMENT AND TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE