Struck by falling object
PULLING 6"" LINE UP TO WELD WITH CHAIN FALLS AND MONORAIL SLIPPED BACK, CAUSING 6"" PIPE TO FALL ON FOOT.
No 8 MineCoal
Green Valley Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc
Leivasy, Nicholas County, WV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4602250
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2002
- Latest incident
- Dec 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2002 · 2 incidents
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WELDING IN SUMP HAD RIGHT LEG IN A BIND. HAD STRAIN ON LEG DUE TO WELDING IN A TIGHT SPOT. WAS LEANING FORWARD TO WELD UNDER A PIPE.