Mining Incidents

Welch Coal

Welch, Craig County, OK  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3400259

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Sep 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1985 · 2 incidents

September 9, 1985 OK · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON FRONT OF LOADER CLEANING WINDSHIELD - FOOT ON LIFT ARM SLIPPED - CAUGHT HIMSELF FALLING AND GRABBED HOLD OF WIPER BLADE -

February 7, 1985 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

I.NAME WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF DRAGLINE. HIS LEG WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM & HE FELL & TWISTED HIS KNEE.

1984 · 6 incidents

October 12, 1984 OK · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Bills Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

I NAME WAS OPERATING A 641 CAT SCRAPER WHEN HE RAN INTO A RUT AND THE JERKING MOTION INJURED HIS NECK

June 13, 1984 OK · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LIFTING A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF WATER ONTO LOADER AND HURT HIS BACK.

June 13, 1984 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bills Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

DONNIE BLACKLEDGE STEPPED DOWN OFF A DRAGLINE AND TWISTED HIS RT FOOT

May 25, 1984 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Bills Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

SONNY IS A MECHANIC AND WAS WORKING ON A PIECE OING OFF SLAG WHEN A PIECE FLEW UP INTO HIS LEFT EYE

March 14, 1984 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

IS A MECHANIC WORKING ON PIECE OF DOWNED EQUIPMENT AND CUT TWO FINGERS

February 1, 1984 OK · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bills Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING REPAIR PART-GEAR-TO PUT INTO DRAGLINE AND HURT HIS BACK.