Mining Incidents

No 5 A Mine Coal

Buffalo Mining Company · Underground
Controlled by Pittston Company
Saunders, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4601377

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Dec 1987
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

1987 · 4 incidents

December 22, 1987 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Buffalo Mining Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE RECEIV9D AN AWARD FOR A HEARING LOSS CLAIM 12-22-87

December 4, 1987 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Buffalo Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE RECEIV9D AN AWARD FOR BLACK LUNG 12-4-87

December 4, 1987 WV · Coal electrician, lineman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Buffalo Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE RECEIV9D AN AWARD FOR BLACK LUNG 12-04-87

July 21, 1987 WV · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Buffalo Mining Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE RECEIV9D AN AWARD FOR A HEARING LOSS CLAIM.

1985 · 3 incidents

January 24, 1985 WV · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buffalo Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING LINE BRATTICE. AS SHE PALCED THE CURTAIN AND BEYON TO SEVERE IT, SHE STRUCK HER FINGER WITH A HAMMER.

1984 · 4 incidents

July 16, 1984 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Buffalo Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

THE EMPLOYEEWAS RIDING IN A MANBUS COMING FROM THE SECTION TO THE SURFACE. A MOTOR HAD BROKEN DOWN, AND FURTHERMORE HAD NO POWER.THE THE DRIVER OF THE MANBUS DID NOT SEE THE MOTOR. AS A RESULT RESULT THE MANBUS STRUCK THE MOTOR.

March 30, 1984 WV · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING RAILS. AS HE BENT AND PULLED ON A RAIL, HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

January 23, 1984 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS LIFTING A TIRE FOR A ROOF BOLTER FROM A SUPPLY CAR INTO A BUGGY WHILE DOING SO HE STRAINED HIS BACK

1983 · 8 incidents

November 3, 1983 WV · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Buffalo Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL ON WAY TO OUTSIDE.PIECE OF SCALE ROCK FELL FROM TOP STRIKING EMPL ON LOWER BACK.

October 25, 1983 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Buffalo Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

INDIVIDUAL WAS TRAVELING FROM THE FACE TO THE SECTIONS DUMPING POINT. HE ENCOUNTERED A ROUGH PLACE IN THE ROADWAY; HE STRAINED HIS BACK AS A RESULT.

April 29, 1983 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Buffalo Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A CABLE SPLICE ON TH A S.C. THE #2 SHUTTLE CAR WAS TRAVELING FROM THE SECTION LOADING POINT. HENCE, THE CABLE OF THE #2 S.C. CAUGHT BOOTH ON THE NECK, CAUSING T HE INJURY.

April 13, 1983 WV · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Buffalo Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS REMOVING A SAFETY JACK THAT WAS USED TO EXTEND CURTAIN FOR VENTILATION AT THE FACE A SUSSUBSEQUENTLY A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE LOOSE FROM THE ROOF AND THE INDIVIDUAL WAS STRUCK ON RT ARM AND RT SIDE OF THE BACK

April 8, 1983 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A CABLE REEL AT WHICH TIME HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS FINGER

March 18, 1983 WV · Coal scoop car operator MACHINERY
Buffalo Mining Company · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED MAN HAD SET TERMPORAR*Y ROOF SUPPORT JACK HE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN WHICH TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT A PC OF ROCK CAME LOOSE FROM THE TOP AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ACROSS THE TOP OF LEFT FOOT

January 24, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Buffalo Mining Company · Struck by falling object

PROCESS OF INSTALLING FOURTH ROOFBOLT IN FIRST ROW.PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON LEFT SIDE OF BODY.