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Shop No 2 Coal

Wellmore Coal Corp · Facility

Controlled by Massey Energy Company

Big Rock, Buchanan County, VA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4406680

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 1993–1996
Latest incident: May 1996

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1996 · 1 incident

May 3, 1996 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Wellmore Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A BOLT IN CUTTING EDGE WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE MOVED THE CUTTING EDGE CAUSING IT TO FALL OFF FLOOR JACK. EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN CUTTING EDGE AND FLOOR CAUS ING LACERATION TO MIDDLE FINGER FINGER WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.

1995 · 1 incident

July 11, 1995 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Wellmore Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING INSTALL A CAMSHAFT INTO A D-7 ENGINE BLOCK.THE CAMSHAFT HAD TO BE INSTALLED FROM ABOVE AND DROPPED DOWN INTO THE BLOCK AND IN DOING SO ONE OF THE CAMSHAFT LOBES CUT HIS FI NGER.THE LACERATION TO HIS FINGER REQUIRED STITCHES.

1994 · 1 incident

July 27, 1994 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Wellmore Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED EE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE INSTALL A MUFFLER ON A MOTOR GRADER.L A CRIB BLOCK WAS BEING USED TO STRIKE THE MUFFLER TO GET IT ONTO THE MANIFOLD. THE CRIB BLOCK FELL, MASHING INJURED S FI NGER AND LACERATING HIS HEAD. HIS FINGER REQUIRED TREATMENT AND A SPLINT.

1993 · 1 incident

September 17, 1993 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Wellmore Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS INSTALLING AHOSE ON RADIATOR AND FELL GETTING CAUGHT BETWEEN FRAME OF ENDLOADER AND RADIATOR.