Mining Incidents

Coal ValleyCoal

Controlled by Alan Arthur
Vinton, Gallia County, OH · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304344
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2000–2004
Latest incident
Apr 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2004 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STARTED ROCK TRUCK TO WARM UP. HE CAME BACK DOWN LADDER AND CAUGHT FOOT IN LAST RUNG AS HE WAS STEPPING OFF LADDER. TURNED KNEE. EE WORKED THE DAY OF THE INJURY AND THE DAY AFTER. HE MISSED THE THIRD DAY TO DO TO DOCTOR.

2001 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

AFTER LUNCH EE WENT BACK TO TRUCK AND SAW A ROCK TEAR HIS TIRE. HE JARRED DOWN TO PICK UP ROCK AND PULLED HIS BACK.

Fall from ladders

WHILE FILLING OIL TANKS, EE CAME DOWN LADDER ANDSLIPPED. HE LANDED ON THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT.

2000 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

WORKING ON COAL HOPPER, WELDING AND MAKING GUARDS, WHILE PICKING UP SCREEN OVER GEARS AND DRIVE , HE FELT A SHARP BACK PAIN.

Struck by flying object

WHILE WORKIN ON R85-24 MIRROR BRACKET (A BOLT WAS BROKEN) HE CUT OUT BOLT AND BLEW OUT HOLE. A PIECE OF SLAG BLEW IN HIS EYE. HE HAD LIFTED HIS SAFETY GLASSES TO LOOK AT THE HOLE. STRONG WI ND BLOWING THAT DAY.

Struck against stationary object

EE HAD A ROCK OR DIRT IN RIGHT BOOT. HE REMOVED BOOT TO REMOVE DIRT. STEPPED DOWN AND CUT RIGHT TOE ON SHARP OBJECT ON GROUND.