HE HIT A BUMP AND BUSTED A BACK TOOTH.
#4 Mine: 15 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for #4 Mine (mine ID 4607332). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 15
- Years on record
- 1987–1988
- Latest incident
- Oct 1988
- Clinch Valley Coal Corp 1987 to present
#4 Mine sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% 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
15 on file1988 · 13 incidents
ROCK FELL THROUGH PINS & HIT HIS RT.SHOULDER & CENTER BACK
SCOOP DRIFTED OFF ON FEET.
TAKING STEEL ROPE LOSE OF BELT FLEW BACK HIT INJ IN MOUTH MESSED UP 2 FRONT TEETH UPPER.
BEATING ON A PIECE OF METAL PIECE FLEW INTO LEFT EYE
A ROCK ON EDGE OF RIB JUST FELL OUT.
LIFTING MINER CABLE PICKED IT UP TO THROW ON RIB PAIN HIT.FELL DOWN AND HIT LEFT HIP.
HE WAS BOLTING ROOF WHEN A SLUG FELL STRIKING HIM ON RT. SIDE OF HEAD AND SHOULDER.
NO INJURY.
TOOK MINER CUT IN 5 BREAK FELL IN.
INTERSECTION FEEL IN 7 ENTRY 2 BREAKS BACK FROM FACE.
OPERATING BUGGY WHEN HE RAN IN HOLE IN BOTTOM THROWING I.NAME INTO TOP OF CANOPY ON BUGGY.WENT TO DR -HAS TWISTED PELVIS.
A PC. OF SLAG FLEW INTO EAR. DIDNT THINK ANYTHING WAS WRONG. HE DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL O-5-88. WENT BACK 5-5-88. DID NOT TEL L US ABOUT THIS UNTIL 6-30-88, ATER HE FOUND OUT HE NEEDS SUR GERY AND WILL MISS WORK FOR TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
1987 · 2 incidents
ROOF FALL AT IN7ERSECTION BETWEEN 5 BRK AND #6 HDG.15'WIDE X 14'LONG X 7-10'HIGH.GAVE WAY ABOVE ANCHORAGE OF ROOF BOLTS.
THE ROOF WAS BR2KEN THREE FOOT ABOVE THE ANCHOR POINT OF THE 4' CONVENTIONAL ROOFBOLTS. THE INTERSECTION FELL IN 20' WIDE, 20' LING AND 7 FOOT HIGH BETWEEN SHIFTS.