Mining Incidents

Blakely Surface Coal

Mammoth, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4602417

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
27
Years on record
1985–1989
Latest incident
Feb 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

27 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

February 1, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Princess Susan Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALLEGED NOISE CAUSED HEARING LOSS.

January 12, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Princess Susan Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKERS COMPENSATION AWARD OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS

1988 · 6 incidents

September 6, 1988 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Princess Susan Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PRYING WITH A BAR, EMPLOYEE MASHED RIGHT THUMB.

May 18, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A CHEST WALL CONTUSION BY BEING VIOLENTLY JOLTED ABOUT WHILE SITTING IN CAB WHEN LARGE ROCK ROLLED OFF HIGHWALL AND STRUCK REAR OF ROCK TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING.

March 16, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A TURN WITH HIS ROCK TRUCK EMPLOYEE REACHED OUT WINDOW TO CLEAN OFF MIRROR UNEXPLICABLY HE RECEIVED A MUSCLE STRAIN TO RT CHEST WALL AREA AND ALSO FRACTURED THE RT 10 TH RIB

February 25, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING A SLATE BAR TO RAISE THE HEAD OF A HIGHWALL DRILL, THE BAR SLIPPED AND THE VICTIM'S RIGHT ELBOW JERKED BACK RAPIDLY CAUSING A SPRAIN.

February 17, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO RAISE A ROCK TRUCK DRIVE LINE BACK IN ITS PLACE BY USING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND HE SPRAINED IT.

1987 · 15 incidents

December 28, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CHECKING 7HE OIL LEVEL OF A DOZER, THE CAB DOOR CLOSED ON VICTIM STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT ELBOW CHIPPING A BONE IN HIS ELBOW. DOZER WAS PARKED ON AN ANGLE WHICH CAUSED THE DOOR TO CLOSE AS IT DID. 3

December 15, 1987 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 TURNING A PIN WITH A BAR WHILE INSTALLING A BED ON A ROCK TRUCK. THE PIN SLIPPED AND THE BAR STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE'S NOSE. THE NOSE WAS BROKEN.

December 2, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REPLACING3DIESAL FUEL HOSE NOZZLE ON TO HOOK ON FUEL TANK, VICTIM SPRAINED A MUSCLE AND TENDON IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

November 16, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE BACKING U1 A RAMP IN HIS ROCK TRUCK TO DUMP,VICTIM STRUCK HIGHWALL WITH THE RIGHT CORNER OF TRUCK BED CAUSING A WHIPLASH ACTION THAT INJURED HIS NECK.HIS LOWER ABDOMEN AREA WAS INJURED WHERE HIS SEAT3BELT LAPPED OVER HIM.

October 5, 1987 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ASSISTING3A MECHANIC WORKING ON A LIFT JACK THE HEAD OF THE JACK WAS TAPPED TO LOOSEN IT AND IT SUDDENLY BROKE LOOSE AND SLID DOWN THE JACK ROD SMASHING AND LACERATING THE VICTIMS LEFT F IFTH FINGER 3

October 1, 1987 WV · Coal FIRE
Princess Susan Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

WHILE BEING USE8 TO BUILD AN ACCESS HAUL ROAD THE INTERNATIONAL TD 25 DOZER CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO UNDETERMINED ORIGIN AND SUFFERED IRREPARABLE DAMAGE NO INJURIES OCCURRED

August 31, 1987 WV · Coal welder (shop) STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE STEPPING 2UT OF RECESS INT HE BACK DECK OF A TIRE TRUCK THE VICTIM STEPPED BACKWARDS ON TO A PIECE OF PIPE THAT TWISTED UNDER HIS FOOT CAUSING HIM TO FALL & TWIST HIS RT KNEE.

August 21, 1987 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Princess Susan Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 OFF OF THE RUNNING BOARD OF THE STEAM TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING INTO A HIGHWALL DRILL HOLE & SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE

August 3, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VICTIM CLAIMS H9 HURT HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A GASOLINE TYPE WATER PUMP.

July 28, 1987 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRYING TO3FREE UP AN OVERSIZED PIECE OF SLATE THAT WAS HUNG UP ON CONVEYOR BELT VICTIM LIFTED HARD AND CAUSED STRAIN TO LEFT SHOULDER

July 8, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ALIGNING 6P A U-JOINT ON DRIVE LINE OF EDLAODER, THE JOINT WAS TWISTED ANDCAUGHT VICTIM'S LEFT HAND CAUSING A LACERATION AND FRACTURE TO LEFT INDEX FINGER.

April 14, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE BACKING U1 AN ENDLOADER, THE VICTIM S MACHINE SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING OR REASON LURCHED TO ONE SIDE AND JURKED HIS BACK CAUSING AN ACUTE LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN.

March 10, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck by falling object

VICTIM RECEIVED3A CONTUSION AND CHIP FRACTURE OF LEFT ELBOW CAUSED WHEN IT STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD OF HIS ENDLOADER WHEN A BOULDER ROLLED OFF OF HIGHWALL AND STRUCK THE LOADER WITH GREAT FORCE.

February 2, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Princess Susan Coal Company · Fall from machine

WHILE TRYING TO3STEP FROM HIS ROCK TRUCK ONTO AN ENDLOADER THAT WAS PARKED BESIDE HIM, VICTIM FELL AND STRAINED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.

January 15, 1987 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS GRIN8ING A PIECE OF METAL WITH AN INDUSTRIAL SIZE DISC GRINDER WHEN IT SUDDENLY "KICKED BACK" AND STRUCK THE TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A MODERATE LACERATION. VICTIM WAS WEARING G LOVES AT THE TI4E.

1986 · 3 incidents

November 10, 1986 WV · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GETTING O6T OF CAB OF POWDER TRUCK, HIS FEFT KNEE JOINT SUDDENLY "LOCKED UP" AND INEXPLICABLY WOULD NOT STRAIGHTEN OUT. HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE DIDNT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM WITH TH E KNEE. HE DIDN7 FALL, SLIP, STRIKE AGAINST OR WAS STRUCK BY ANYTHING

September 29, 1986 WV · Coal driller, highwall helper, highwall drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Princess Susan Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE CHANGING 8TEEL ON HIGHWALL DRILL VICTIM ALLEGEDLY INJURED BACK WHEN HE PICKED UP A BREAKOUT WRENCH

July 29, 1986 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Princess Susan Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS HOLD3NG AN ELECTRIC DISC GRINDER. HE INADVERTENTLY LET IT SLIP FROM THE GRASP OF HIS LEFT HAND, STARTED IT AT SAME TIME AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUSING A SEVERE CUT THAT SE VERED A TENDON.3

1985 · 1 incident

March 19, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Princess Susan Coal Company · Struck by falling object

CHAIN HOLDING TIRE BEING PUT ON 773-B CATERPILLAR ROCK TRUCK BROKE LETTING TIRE FALL ON TIRE TRUCK OPERATOR BRAKING LEFT ANKLE.