Mining Incidents

Main Shop #1 Coal

Arch Of West Virginia · Facility
Controlled by Patriot Coal Corporation
Shrewsbury, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4603300

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
32
Years on record
1983–1992
Latest incident
Aug 1992
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

32 on file

1992 · 6 incidents

August 13, 1992 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

68935 SHOVELING SPILLAGE FROM CONVEYOR BELT HIS SHOVEL CAUGHT IN A MOVING ROLLER THE SHOVEL STRUCK THE INJURED MAN ON THE CHEST.

August 3, 1992 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

42957 A PRY BAR TO UNSTOP COAL BIN. PRY BAR SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM UNDER RIGHT EYE, CAUSING A LACERATION.

May 19, 1992 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE REMOVING A SPROCKET FROM A DRIVE SHAFT-HE DROPPED THE SPROCKET ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE CAUSING A BRUISE.

March 14, 1992 WV · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HE WAS HELPING REPLACE A DRYER BASKET THE BASKET SLIPPED WHILE HE WAS POSITIONING OVER BOLT HOLES MASHED LEFT MIDDLE FINGER TIP.

March 5, 1992 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck by falling object

A WOODEN CRIB BLOCK FELL FROM THE FORKS OF A FROK

February 21, 1992 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck by flying object

METAL CHIP FROM A HAMMER LACERATED AND EMBEDDED IN LEFT HAND. HAMMERING A CHAIN LINK.

1991 · 1 incident

January 2, 1991 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE THE INJURED WAS SHOVELING BELT SPILLAGE HIS SHOVEL WAS JERKED BY THE MOVING BELT RUBBER CAUSING THE HANDLE TO STRIKE HIM ON THE LEFT HAND. HE HAS A POSSIBLE FRACTURE OF L INDEX FINGER.

1990 · 6 incidents

December 20, 1990 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLAIMS THAT HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE SHOVELING A CONVEYOR BELT.

July 31, 1990 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INSTALLING CONVEYOR BELT GUARDS. GUARD FELL OVER AND PINNED RIGHT ARM AGAINST H-BEAM.

February 9, 1990 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING A JACK HAMMER OR EXCAVATOR THIS MAN JARRED HIS TESTICLES SWOLLEN TESTICLES DIAGNOSED AS POSSIBLE TORNION TESTICLE.

1989 · 4 incidents

August 21, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING IN MUD AND LIFTING, THE EMPLOYEE CLAIMS TO HAVE AGGRAVATED A PREVIOUS BACK CONDITION. THE INJURED HAS DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS OF THE SPINE.

May 24, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING A DOZER,THE INJURED TWISTED HIS BACK WHEN THE DOZER MADE A JERKING MOTION.

April 20, 1989 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE UNLOADING MATERIAL FROM A BOOM TRUCK. THE TRUCK OPERATOR EXTENDED AN OUTRIGGER ON TO THE TOP OF INJURED'S LEFT FOOT-RESULTING IN A FRACTURE OF ISTAL PHALANX 4TH TOE.

1987 · 8 incidents

November 19, 1987 WV · Coal welder (shop) DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Shrewsbury Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDUCED HEARING3LOSS

November 19, 1987 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Shrewsbury Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDUCED HEARING3LOSS.

November 18, 1987 WV · Coal electrician, lineman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACKLUNG 3

November 18, 1987 WV · Coal carpenter DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG 3

November 18, 1987 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACKLUNG 3

November 18, 1987 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Shrewsbury Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDUCED HEARING3LOSS

November 18, 1987 WV · Coal electrician, lineman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACKLUNG 3

November 18, 1987 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACKLUNG 3

1986 · 1 incident

December 30, 1986 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS WORKING 2N A JACK ON DOZER. HE STATED THAT HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACKS & SPRAINED HIS KNEE. HE DID NOT STOP WORK OR SEEK MEDICAL TREASTMENT AT T HE TIME. ON 3-20-87 HE STOPPED WORK & WE NT TO THE DOCTO9 FOR REPAIR OF THE KNN BY ARCHROSCOPY TREATMENT.

1985 · 4 incidents

September 20, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING A TRUCK OVER A DIRT, ROUGH ROAD, THE TRUCK HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BOUNCE OUT OF THE SEAT AND INJURING HIS TESTICLES.

June 20, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING EXHAUST SYSTEM WHEN BOLT BROKE, RESULTING IN HIS ARM/ELBOW HITTING THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE.

January 8, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I.NAME SLIP ON ICE COVERED GROUND AS HE WAS WALKING FROM HIS TRUCK TO WORK AREA I.NAME STRUCK HIS HEAD AND KNEE AS HE FELL & HIT THE GROUND NOTEREASON FOR DELAY IN REPORTING EVENT IS DUE TO F ACT I.NAME REQUIRED ADDITIONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR HIS KNEE ON 011485

1984 · 1 incident

March 1, 1984 WV · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Fall from ladders

BIRD WAS DESCENDING DOWN A LADDER WHEN HE GOT TO THE 3RD STEP FROM THE BOTTOM HE TURNED AROUND & LOST HIS BALANCE. WHEN HE BEGAN TO FALL HICKS A FELLOW WORKER WHILE TRYING TO PREVENT THE FALL HAD HIS KNEE IN A POSITION THAT BIRD HIT HICKS KNEE WITH HIS RIBS. RESULTING IN 1 FRACTURED RIB.

1983 · 1 incident

August 31, 1983 WV · Coal carpenter MACHINERY
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

THE INJ PERSON AND HIS HELPER WAS SAWING 3 FOOT SECTIONS OF 4X8X16 HEADER BOARDS WITH A RADIAL SAW HE MADE ONE CUT AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING ANOTHER CUT WHEN THE ROTATING BLADE CAM IN CONTACT WITH THE BOARD CAUSING THE BLADE TO RUN DOWN THE BOARD AND STRIKING MR HUFFMANS THUMB