Mining Incidents

Madison No 2 Mine Coal

Kanawha Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Stelco Inc
Ashford, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4602844

MSHA record for Madison No 2 Mine (mine ID 4602844). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
46
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Apr 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

46 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

April 5, 1988 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Kanawha Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WORKER'S COMPENSATION CLAIN-OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS

March 14, 1988 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Kanawha Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER'S COMPENSATION AWARD - HEARING LOSS

1987 · 7 incidents

October 21, 1987 WV · Coal outside foreman, leadman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Kanawha Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WORKER'S COMPEN8ATION AWARD COAL WORKERS PNBEUMOCONIOSIS.

August 14, 1987 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SEATING BEARING3IN SHAFT AND PIECE OF METAL HIT LOWER LIP.

July 29, 1987 WV · Coal electrician, lineman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Kanawha Coal Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

WORKERS COMPENS5TION AWARD NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS.

May 18, 1987 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Kanawha Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS. 3

April 6, 1987 WV · Coal electrician, lineman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Kanawha Coal Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

WORKERS COMPENS5TION AWARD NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS.

January 8, 1987 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SETTING SECTION3BELT TAIL PIECE THE CHAIN ONR ATCHET JACK BROKE LOOSE CAUSING TAILPIECE TO SLIDE FORWARD AND TO THE RIGHT ONTO INJ PERSONS RIGHT FOOT.

1986 · 16 incidents

October 23, 1986 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kanawha Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

UNLOADING ROOF 6OLTS FROM FLAT CAR AND PULLED INJURED HIP

October 21, 1986 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Kanawha Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS SETTING3IN THE OPERATORS STATION OF THE JOY 11CM AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STAND HE DEVELOPPAIN TO THE RT. HIP AND LEG

October 20, 1986 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING BELTHE5D AND HIT HAND ON SUPPORT JACK

September 17, 1986 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kanawha Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIMS LEG WAS3CAUGHT BETWEEN A RUBBER TIRE LAAT CAR AND A TRACK MOUNTED LOCOMOTIVE AFTER A MINE TIMBER SLIPPED AWAY FROM BETWEEN THE TOW PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THE TIMBER WAS BEING USED TO RAM THE FLAT CAR UP3INTO A X CUT THE VICTIM SUFERED A FRACTURED FIBULA TO RIGHT LEG

September 16, 1986 WV · Coal electrician, lineman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE PERFORMIN1 MAINTENANCE W ORK ON ROOF BOLTING MACHINE A PIECE OF SLATE FROM THE MINE ROF FELL AND INJURED THE VITIMS HAND THE VICTIM SUFFERED OPEN WOUND TO RIGHT FOREFINGER AND KNUCKLE

August 11, 1986 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck by flying object

SETTING BITS ON3CONT.MINING MACHINE WITHOUT EYE PROTECTION AND FLYING METAL WENT INTO LEFT EYE.

June 6, 1986 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss ELECTRICAL
Kanawha Coal Company · Contact with electrical current

THE VICTIM TOOK3A HAND HOLD TO A BUGGY 215 S ANCHOR CHAIN THAT WAS ENERGIZED BY THE STEEL STRAINS WITHIN THE RUBBER CAR TIRE CONTACTING A PHARE IN THE 215SC CABLE THE WITNESS I NAME PULLED THE VICTIM TO SAFET2.

April 22, 1986 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kanawha Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE CLEANING 2N BELT CONVEYOR THE VICTIM LOST HIS FOOTAGE AND TWISTED THE RT KNEE.

April 21, 1986 WV · Coal scoop car operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kanawha Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING FLY BOA9DS ON TO THE SCOOP AND STEPPED INTO A HOLE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

April 15, 1986 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SETTING TAIL PI9CE WHEN JACK BROKE ALLOWING THE TAIL PIECE TO SWING AND BIT THE VICTIMS LEG

April 9, 1986 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

OPERATING A 5 T2N LOCOMOTIVE, MANTRIP THE INJURED PERSONS HEAD MADE CONTACT WITH A INSTALLED PLANK FOR ROOF SUPPORT

April 4, 1986 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kanawha Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED WAS ATT9MPTING TO FREE A CABLE REEL ON THE S/C HE WAS OPERATING WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK

March 11, 1986 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kanawha Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE WALKING F0OM THE CONT. MINER TO THE BOLTING MACHINE THE VICTIM LOST HIS FOOTING BY SLIPPING OVER THE MINER CABLE

February 5, 1986 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kanawha Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SAWING AND SETT3NG MINE TIMBERS ON A PILLAR SECTION AND PULLED SOMETHING IN LOWER BACK

1985 · 6 incidents

October 30, 1985 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kanawha Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LOADING SHUTTLE CAR WHEEL UNIT ONTO FLAT CAR SMASHED RIGHT FRONT FINGER.

October 16, 1985 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Kanawha Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS ON THE 3 LEFT 014 0 CONT MINER SECTION THE VICTIM PLACED HIS HAND ON THE MACHINE WHILE THE ATRS RING WAS LOWERED SMASHING THE LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

May 3, 1985 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kanawha Coal Company · Fall on save level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WALKING FROM THE MANTRIP STATION THE INJURED TRIPPED OVER A HALF-HEADER AND FELL ONTO A HARD-TOP SURFACE.

April 25, 1985 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING 100 S&S BATTERY POWER TRACTOR RAN OVER A LARGE PIECE OF ROCK IN ROADWAY CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN.

April 4, 1985 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING A JOY 11CM A SHUTTLE CAR BUMPED THE BOOM OF THE MINER,JERKING THE VICTIM\S NECK.

March 6, 1985 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Kanawha Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE VICTIM WAS REPLACING A METHANE MONITOR SYSTEM FOR A JOY 11CM MINER THE SAME TIME TWO OTHER ELECTRICIOUS WERE SERVICEING THE SAID MINER.THE RIPPER WAS RAISED TO SERVICE THE DIGGER ARMS WHEN THE BACK OF THE MINER MOVED UPWARD TOWARD THE ROOF CATCHING THE VICTIM BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE MACHINE AND MINE ROOF.

1984 · 12 incidents

December 29, 1984 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR THAT WAS LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE CONT MINER BEING LOADED WHEN DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF ONTO HIS FOOT

November 1, 1984 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kanawha Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

4 CROSSCUTS OUTBY C-HEAD ON B-BELT FOR 2 LEFT 013-0 SECTION THE MAIN ROOF AT THE ANCHORAGE POINT OF HE 36\ CONVENTION ROCK BOLTS IN AN INTERSECTIONS.

October 29, 1984 WV · Coal water line man ELECTRICAL
Kanawha Coal Company · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING A 480 VOLT ELECTRIC STARTER FOR CURRENT WITH A MULTI-METERAT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT .THE POSITIVE PROBE WAS PLACED AT THE TOP OF A J FUSE AND NEGATIVE PROBE WAS PLACED AT THE TOP OF ANOTHER 30 AMP. FUSE WHEN A FLASH OCCURRED INVESTIGATION REVEAL THAT THE POSITIVE WIRE ON THE MULTI-METER WAS PLUGGED INTO THE INVESTIGATION.

September 27, 1984 WV · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kanawha Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE VICTIM WAS ASSITING IN LIFTING A RUBBER TIRE FOR A SHUTTLE CAR FROM A TRACK MOUNTED JINTTEY WHEN HE DEVELOPED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

September 26, 1984 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck by falling object

DRAW ROCK FELL BETWEEN PERMANENT ROOF SUPPORTS STRIKING VICTIM.

August 14, 1984 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHEN MAKING A MODERATE GRADE IN THE TRACK WITH A JITTNEY THE HAND BRAKE FAILED AND THE CONTRAL LEVER WAS REVERSED STRICKING CAUSING THE JITTNEY TO TRAVEL BACK DOWN THE GRADE INTO A BLIND CURVE

July 25, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WITH THE ATRS SET INTO POSITION THE VICTIM WAS IN THE PROCESS OF POSITIONING HIMSELF TO DRILL WHEN A PIECE OF SHELL FELL FROM THE ROOF CUTTING THE RIGHT HAND

June 6, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck by falling object

AN OVERHANGING PIECE OF ROCK BROKE LOOSE AND FELL BETWEEN PERMENT ROOF SUPPORTS STRIKING THE VICTIMS LEG.

March 5, 1984 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SPLIT 3 PHASE AC ELECTRICAL CABLE FOR OF STD CAR ON MAINS 010-0 SECTION THE KNIFE BEING USED SLIPPED THRU RUBBER MORE EASILY THAN EXPECTED AND CUT INTO THE THIGH OF THE INJ URED

February 20, 1984 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kanawha Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE TIGHTENING THE HOLD DOWN BOLTS ON T HE GUARD FOR THE 3 RT-A BELT DRIVE THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING INJURED TO LOOSE FOOTING RESULTING IN A FALL.

February 6, 1984 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Kanawha Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PLACING HIMSELF BETWEEN ROOF BOLTING MACHINE AN RIB WHEN REAR END OF MACHINE WHILE BEING REPOSITIONED CAUGHT HIS LEG SQUEEZING IT AGAINST THE RIB.

January 30, 1984 WV · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kanawha Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

PHONED MINE ON 1-31-84 STATED LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO HIS RIGHT KNEE NO PAIN OR APPARENT DAMAGE.ON 1-31 HE AWOKE AND HAD PAIN IN HIP-JOINT AREA.CONSULTED WITH COUNTY NURSE.EXTENT OF I NJURY UNKNOWN.2-1-84 ... HAD SEEN DR ,BEING ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL TO BE PLACED IN TRACTION- PHONED AND CAME TO MINE.

1983 · 3 incidents

October 31, 1983 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kanawha Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

FAULT LINE IN ROOF CARRIED ACROSS COMPLETE LINE OF EIGHT ENTRIES FAULT RUNS PERPENDICULAR WITH ENTRIES AREA WAS DRIVEN IN 1975 AND WORK HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED UP TO 10 OF 1983 BOLTS AND CRIBS WERE IN A FFECTED AREA NEW ENTIES BEING MINED IS AWAY FROM THESE AREAS

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