Westmoreland Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL 50 X 300 X 2 05 LOCATED AT SPAD NO. 10993 NO MEN OR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED NO VIOLATION ENVOLVED NOT AN ESCAPEWAY.
Eccles No 5 Coal
Westmoreland Coal Company
· Underground
Eccles,
Raleigh County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4601516
MSHA record for Eccles No 5 (mine ID 4601516). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1983–1984
- Latest incident
- Oct 1984
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1984 · 2 incidents
August 10, 1984
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Westmoreland Coal Company · Fall from ladders
TRYING TO UNHOOK ONE ROPE AND PUT ON SHORTER ROPE. PULLED SELF UP ON STEEL TO GET OFF LADDER ROPE AND IT HAD SLACK IN IT. IT SLIPPED HOLE THREAD THROUGH, CAUSING HIM TO HOLD ONTO CABLE TO KEE P FROM FALLING SLACK RAN OUT OF ROPE AND SNAPPED HIM OFF LOOP ROPE AND HE FELL 12 FT.
1983 · 1 incident
Westmoreland Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries
DETONATION OF ROOF WAS DUE TO THE CLOSENESS OF EXTRACTED LONGWALL PANEL.
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