THE TRAILING CA6LE ON #2 BOLTER WAS DEFECTIVE IN THAT THE GROUND WIRE WAS INTO, A SPLICE IN THE CABLE. FOR SOME UNDETERMINED REASON THE CIRCUIT BREAKER DID NOT TRIP. WHEN THE VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO START THE M5CHINE, HE WAS ELECTROCUTED. THIS OCCURRED IN #2 ENTRY, ONE CROSS CUT OUTBY THE FACE.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 62
- Years on record
- 1983–1990
- Latest incident
- Sep 1990
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
61 on file (excluding fatalities above)1990 · 5 incidents
EE WAS DRIVING KERSEY WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL KICKED BACK AND THE KNOB ON THE WHEEL STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW, CAUSING PAIN.
EMPLOYEE HTI HIMSELF IN THE RIGHT EYE WITH A STICK OF RESIN GLUE. RIGHT EYE WAS SCRATCHED.
ON 5-23-90 THIS EMPLOYEE FILED A CLAIM FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS WITH WORKERS COMPENSATION, WHILE ACTIVELY EMPLOYEE WITH THIS COMPANY. HIS PHYSICIAN HAS OPINED THAT THIS COAL MINER HAS C ONTRACTED OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
EMPL CIPHONING GAS FROM 5 GALLON CAN INTO GAS TIANK OF FORK LIFT.EMPL GOT SOME GAS IN WINDPIPE.
ON MARHC 28, 1990 THE WEST VIRGINIA WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND AWARD INAME A 10% PARTIAL PERMANENT DISABILITY AS THEY HAVE DETERMINED FROM MEDICAL EVIDENCE PRESENTED THAT HE HAS OCCUPATIONAL PN EUMOCONIOSIS.
1989 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEE PUT HIS KNEE DOWN ON A ROCK & BRUISED HIS KNEE HE DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 110889 AT THIS TIME HE HAD AN EXCISION OF THE BURSA OF RT KNEE ACCORDING TO DOC OFFICE HE HAD A CYST DUE TO CRAWLING IN THE DAMP CONDITIONS UNDERGROUND DOC PROJECTED HE WILL BE OFF 4 TO 6 WEEKS
FILED CLAIM ON 04-12-89.THIS COAL MINER FILED A CLAIM WITH WORKERS COMPENSATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS WHILE ACTIVELY EMPLOYED WITH OUR COMPANY.HIS PHYSICIAN HAS OPINED THIS COAL MINE R HAS CONTRACTED OCCUPATIONAL PHEUMOCONIOSIS.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED TREE CROSSCUTS INBY SPAD #8924 IN RETURN AIRWAY MEASURING 15'W 15' TO 20'L 4'T THE ROOF WAS BOLTED WITH 48" CONVENTIONAL BOLTS
HIT HEAD ON BOLT CABLE HANGER WHIEL TRAMMING ROOF BOLT MAHCINE HURT NECK.
1988 · 14 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING HOLE IN ROOF WITH BOLT MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL, HITTING HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER. THIS WAS A NO-LOST-TIME ACCIDENT. ONE FEBRUARY 23,1989 EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK DUE TO TENDERNESS IN LEFT SHOULDER. STILL OFF.
THIS IS A RECURRANCE OF MUSCLE SPRAIN OF 9-15-88
EMPLOYEE HAD STOPPED TRACOR TO GET OFF, SET ONE FOOT OFF TRACTOR, OTHER FOOT CAUGHT TRAM PETAL, RUNNING OVER RIGHT FOOT.
FALL OCCURRED THREE BLOCKS INBY MOUTH OF 012 SECTION IN NO.1 ENTRY. THE FALL MEASURED 18'X35', ABOUT 6' IN MIDDLE OF FALL. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH 42" RESIN BOLTS.
BOLT MACHINE OPERATOR WAS TURNING BOLT MACHINE AROUND;TWISTED KNEE.EMPLOYEE DIDN'T START MISSING WORK UNTIL 12-13-88.
EMPL WAS PINCHING DRIVE SHAFT FORWARD TO HOOK UP TO SCOOP BAR SLIPPED PINCHING LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN BAR & FRAME OF SCOOP. LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND MASHED.
10-20-88 THIS COAL MINER HAS FILED WITH WORKERS COMPENSATION FOR HEARING LOSS AWARD WHILE ACTIVELY EMPLOYED WITH THIS COMPANY IT IS THE OPINION OF HIS DR THAT HE HAS A BILATERAL SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO OR PERCEPTIBLY AGGRAVATED BY INDUSTRIAL NOISE EXPOSURE IN COURSE OF AND RESULTING FORM EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A PIECE OF ROCK OFF TOP OFCUTTING MACHINE. MUSCLE STRAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AND PULLING ELECTRICAL CABLES PAIN IN BACK.
8-29-88 THIS COAL MINER FILED A CLAIM WITH WORKERS COMPENSATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS WHILE EMPLOYED AT TERRY EAGLE COAL COMPANY HIS PHYSICIAN IS OF THE OPINION THAT CLAIMANT HAS CON TRACTED OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS
EMP WA> SHOVELING BELT PITCHING SHOVEL FUL ON BELT PULLED MUSCLE IN CHEST REPORTED INJ 7-18-88 TO DOC SAME DATE J
THIS EMPLOYEE DOES NOT KNOW OF A SPECIFIC INJURY HE HAS A TENDER SORE SPOT WITHOUT ANY SWELLING OF THE KNEE AND IT SI QUESTIONABLE WHETHER IT IS A WORK RELATED INJURY THE EMPLOYEE STOPPED WORK ON 3-17-88
FALL OCCURRED ON FIRST LEFT OFF NORTHEAST MAINS ACROSS FROM #5 TO #7 ENTRY, IN LAST OPEN CROSSCUT. APPSOX. 4' THICK, 20' WIDE AND 60' LONG.
THIS EMPLOYEE W5S RIDING IN THE MANTRIP HE SAYS HE HURT HIS BACK WHEN THE MANTRIP HIT SOME ROUGH ROAD
1987 · 8 incidents
ON 10-15-87 THI8 COAL MINER FILED A CLAIM FOR HEARING LOSS, WHILE ACTIVELY EMPLOYED BY THIS CO HIS DR HAS STATED IN HIS PROFESSIONAL OPINION THIS MINER HAS A HEARING LOSS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO OR PERCEPTIB5Y AGGRAVATED BY INDUSTRIAL NOISE EXPOSURE, IN THE COURSE OF AND RESULTING FROM HIS EMPLOYMENT
INJ OCCURRED OVER PERIOD OF TIME FROM CRAWLING ON KNEES.EMPL 1ST BEGAN HAVING SWELLING 9-3-87.BEGAN MISSING WORK 9-30-87.
EMPLOYEE BACKED3UP THE TRACTOR TO HOOK UP TO OIL CAR. PULL TONGUE DID NOT LINE UP, HE SET LEFT FOOT OUT OF TRACTOR TO LINE CAR UP. TRACTOR ROLLED BACK, CATCHING FOOT BETWEEN TRACTOR AND OIL CA
EMPLOYEE WAS CR5WLING ALONG RIB ON LEFT SIDE. HE GOT OVER CLOSE TO COAL RIB TO LET SCOOP BY. COAL RIB SET DOWN ON HIS LEFT SIDE, FRACTURING RIBS.
THE SHOT FIREMA3 HAD CLEARED EVERYONE OUT OT SHOXXXX SHOTFIREMAN AND INTO THE ENTRY AT THE SAME TIME THE FACE WAS SHOT. A FLYING OBJECT HIT HIM IN THE LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING FORK ON FORK LIFT, CAUGHT INDEX FINGER OF RIGHT HAND BETWEEN FORK AND FRAME OF FORK LIFT. LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING STAB JACK ON BOLT MACHINE, WAS PRYING JACK UP TO LINE IT UP, AND BAR SLIPPED, HITTING FINGER ON OLD JACK, HE HAD JUST TOOK OFF MACHINE. LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES.
OPERATOR CAUGHT3SHOULDER BETWEEN RIB AND SCOOP. SCOOP WAS IN GOOD OPERATING CONDITION.
1986 · 13 incidents
CLAIM FILED ON 110584 THIS COAL MINER FILED A CLAIM WITH WORKERS COMPENSATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS WHILE ACTIVELY EMPLOYED WITH OUR COMPANY HIS PHYSICIAN HAS OPINED THAT HIS COAL MI NER HAS CONTRAC7ED OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS (THIS CLAIM IS IN LITIGATION)
THIS COAL MINER3FILED A CLAIM FOR HEARING LOSS, WHILE ACTIVELY EMPLOYEED BY THIS COMPANY. HIS PYSICIAN HAS STATED THIS MINER HAS A HEARING LOSS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO OR PERCEPTIBLY AGGRAVA TED BY NOISE EX1OSURE, IN THE COURSE OF AND RESULTING FROM HIS EMPLOYMENT.
THIS COAL MINER3FILED A CLAIM WITH WORKERS COMPENSATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS WHILE ACTIVELY EMPLOYED WITH OUR COMPANY HIS PHYSICIAN HAS OPINED THAT THIS COAL MINER HAS CONTRACTED OC CUPATIONAL PNEU4OCONIOSIS (THIS CLAIM IS IN LITIGATION)
THIS COAL MINER3FILED A CLAIM WITH WORKERS COMPENSATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMONIOSIOUS, WHILE ACTIVELY EMPLOYEED WITH OUR COMPANY.
THIS COAL MINER3FILED A CLAIM FOR HEARING LOSS, WHILE ACTIVELY EMPLOYEED BY THIS COMPANY. THE PHYSICAN HAS STATED THIS MINER HAS A HEARING LOSS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO OUR PERCEPTIBLY AGGAVA TED NOISE EXPOS6RE, IN THE COURSE OF THE RESULTING FROM HIS EMPLOYMENT.
THIS COASL MINE9 FILED A CLAIM WITH WORKERS COMPENSATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS WHILE ACTIVELY EMPLOYED WITH OUR COMPANY HIS PHYSICIAN HAS OPINED THAT THIS COAL MINER HAS CONTRACTED O CCUPATIONAL PNE6MOCONIOSIS (THIS CLAIM IS IN LITIGATION) (DATE OF FILING 060884)
THE OCCUPATIONA5 PNEUMOCONIOSIS BOARD REVIEWED THE RECORD OF THIS COAL MINER AND FOUND SUFFICENT EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY A DIAGNOSIS OF OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS WITH FIFTEEN PERCENT (15%) PULMO NARY FUCTIONAL 3MPAIRMENT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THIS DISEASE. HE WAS GRANTED A 15% AWARD ON MARCH 238 1984.
THE OCCUPATIONA5 PNEUMOCONIOSIS BOARD REVIEWED THE RECORD OF THIS COAL MINER AND FOUND SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY A DIAGNOSIS OF OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS WITH NONE PULMONARY FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT ATT9IBUTABLE TO THIS DISEASE. HE WAS GRANTED A FIVE PERCENT AWARD ON OCT 30 1986.
THE OCCUPATIONA5 PNEUMOCONOISIS BOARD REVIEWED THE RECORD OF THIS COAL MINER AND FOUND SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF OCCUPATIONAL PNEMOCONIOSIS WITH 30% PULMONARY FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT ATTRIBUTABLE T O THIS DISEASE.3THE AWARD WAS GRANTED ON 5/20/83.
THE OCCUPATIONA5 PNEUMOCONIOSIS BOARD REVIEWED THE RECORD OF THIS COAL MINER AND FOUND SUFFICENT EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY A DIAGNOSIS OF OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS WITH NONE PULMONARY FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT ATTR3BUTABLE TO THIS DISEASE. HE WAS GRANTED A FIVE PERCENT (5%) AWARD, ON MARCH 14, 1986.
THE OCC PNEUMO 6OARD REVIEWED THE RECORD OF THIS COAL MINER AND FOUND SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO J USTIFY A DISGNOSIS OF OCC PNEUMO WITH NONE PULMONARY FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THIS D DISEASE THIS CO5L MINER WAS AWARDED A 5% AWARD ON 09 6 85
OCCUPATIONAL PN9UMOCONIOSIS BOARD REVIEWED THE RECORD OF THIS COAL MINER AND FOUND SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY A DIAGNOSIS OF OCCUP PNEUMOCONIOSIS WITH NO PULMONARY FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT AT TRIBUTABLE TO T2IS DISEASE HE WAS GRANTED A 5% AWARD ON 8-15-86
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE KERSEY TRACTOR WHEN THE OPERATOR WENT TO BACK UP, HE RAN WHEEL UPON RIGHT FOOT.
1985 · 9 incidents
KERSEY OPERATOR3PARKED KERSEY BETWEEN 3 AND 4 ENTRIES. BRAKE LEAKED OFF, LETTING KERSEY RUN INTO CUTTING MACHINE, CATCHING LEFT FOOT OF OPERATOR BETWEEN KERSEY BUMPER AND DECK OF CUTTING MACHI NE. 3
EMPLOYEE SLID ON SLICK SPOT NEXT TO A RAIL; FELL DOWN STRIKING HIS RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE STEEL RAIL.
BOLT TO SET IN TOP AND PULLED MUSCLE IN GROIN.
HE WAS DRILLING HOLE TO SET BOLT. HE REACHED BACK TO TURN ROTATION OFF. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL. A SHARP EDGE ON THE ROCK CUT HIS RIGHT FOREARM.
WATER HAD CAUSED LAYERS OF SLATE TO SEPARATE. WHICH WE BELIEVE CAUSED THE FALL THE FALL WAS 20 FT WIDE 12 FT LONG AND 6 FT THICK.
PLACE WAS TAMPED BY SHOT FIRER WITH I NAMES HELP PLACE WAS SHOT AND COAL RICHOCHETED AND HIT MAN ON ELBOW HE HAD RETREATED TO CROSS CUT BETWEEN #7 AND #6 ENTRY
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN UT-40 AND POWER CENTER. HE WAS OPERATING THE UT-40 IN A POSITION THAT HE COULDNT GET HIS OTHER FOOT ON THE BRAKE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BELT TOGETHER WITH A COME ALONG AND THE COME ALONG CAME OFF THE BELT AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT ELBOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A NAIL WITH A HAMMER, WHEN HE STRUCK HIS THUMB.
1984 · 6 incidents
EE WAS KNOCKING A LUG BOLT OUT OF A KERSEY WHEEL WITH A PUNCH & HAMMER. THE PUNCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT CAUSING THE HAMMER TO S TRIKE THE LEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS JACKING UP SUPPLY CAR, THE LIFTING JACK, HE WAS USING SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER SUPPLY CAR, CAUSING THE SLATE BAR, THAT HE WAS USING TO OPERATE THE JACK TO STRIKE HIM IN THE RIGHT SI DE OF HIS FACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING 4 SOLID CINDER BLOCKS FROM PILOT ONTO FLAT CAR, CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE BLOCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A KERSEY THROUGH A FLY AND HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER AGAINST A HEADER BOARD.
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING STOPPINGS. HE WAS CUTTING A BLOCK WITH AN AXE-TO MAKE IT FIT INTO A CORNER. A PIECE OF CINDERBLOCK CHIPPED OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING RUBBER GLOVES WHILE USING FASWALL MIXTURE BUT APPARENTLY GOT SOME MATERIAL DOWN IN THE FINGERS OF THE GLOVES RESULTING IN CHEMICAL BURNS ON THREE FINGERS OF THE RIGHT HAND
1983 · 2 incidents
THIS EMPLOYEE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS. WORKING IN LOW COAL AND WAS NOT ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN UP, WHEN HE GOT OUT OF MANTRIP. NO KNOWN CAUSE OF INJURY.
EE WAS USING HIS FOOT TO PUSH A JACK HANDLE DOWN. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF LETTING THE JACK HANDLE FLIP BACK UP HITTING HIM IN THE FACE.