Mining Incidents

SHM-14Coal

Controlled by John Mitch Potter
Kincaid, Fayette County, WV · NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4003353
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2015–2019
Latest incident
Apr 2019
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2019 · 1 incident

Fall from ladders

The injured employee was on a small ladder working on the highwall miner hose reel. The base of the ladder kicked out and the employee fell injuring right shoulder.

2015 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was helping change a cutter chain on the highwall miner. Employee was using a pry bar to line up the holes in the chain for the pin to be installed when his pry bar slipped and he smashed his finger between the pry bar and the shear arm. The employee received several stitches as a result of the incident.