Mining Incidents

#5 Coal

Controlled by Hovatter Lloyd E
Masontown, Preston County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4601786

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Aug 1987
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1987 · 1 incident

August 24, 1987 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
De Condor Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PUTTING S2UTTLE CAR WHICH WAS STUCK WITH SCOOP THE INJURED GOT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND SHUTTLE CAR.

1986 · 1 incident

February 19, 1986 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
De Condor Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS HAULING 7OAL OVER ROUGH ROAD WITH SHUTTLE CAR WHEN SHUTTLE CAR HIT WHOLE AND HIS HEAD HIT THE CANOPY.