Mining Incidents

No 8 Mine Coal

D & S Leasing Inc · Underground
Controlled by Endicott Shelby R
Premier, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4603474

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1985–1994
Latest incident
Jan 1994
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

1994 · 1 incident

1993 · 1 incident

December 8, 1993 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D & S Leasing Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING LID ON SHUTTLE REEL TO LOOK AT IT AND PAIN STARTED COMING IN BACK.

1992 · 1 incident

October 15, 1992 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
D & S Leasing Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHEER PIN BROKE IN FEEDER, EMPLOYEE WAS LINING HOLE BACK UP BY TURNING DODGE COUPLING AND FEEDER SWITCH WAS ACTIVATED ACCIDENTLY CAUSING FEEDER TO START AND RESULTING IN INJURY OF EMPLOYEE'S L EFT HAND, REQUIRING 4 STICHES FOR LOCAL CUT.

1990 · 1 incident

January 4, 1990 WV · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R & J Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING TIRE FROM COAL TRUCK RIM CAME APART UNDER PRESSURE. RIM STRUCK VICTIM IN HEAD CAUSING SERIOUS HEAD INJURY.

1989 · 5 incidents

October 9, 1989 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R & J Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GOING ACROSS TAIL PC AND TWISTED L KNEE GETTING OFF

August 22, 1989 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
R & J Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

HIT HOLE IN ROAD CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK

1987 · 4 incidents

October 26, 1987 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Big J Enterprises Inc · Fall onto or against objects

CLEANING AROUND3BELT TAILPIECE.SHOVEL CAUGHT IN BELT AND KICKED BACK KNOCKING HIM INTO BELT DELUGE SYSTEM.

September 17, 1987 WV · Coal FIRE
Soho Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

THE PRESHIFT EX5MINER DESCOVERED A FIRE AT THE 42 BELT DRIVE ON HIS PRESHIFT EXAMINATIO FIRE INVLVED BOTTOM ROLLER. FIRE WAS OUT IN 10 MINUTES FROM THE TIME OF DISCOVERY.

June 9, 1987 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner ELECTRICAL
Soho Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

THE INJURED PIC5ED UP THE CABLE FOR THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND RECEIVED AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK.

January 7, 1987 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Soho Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

INJ BACKING? MI3ER UP WHEN MINER CABLE PULLED FOOT UNDERNEATH DECK OF MINER.

1986 · 2 incidents

March 19, 1986 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Soho Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE OPERATING3HIS S/C TYHE EES HAT FELL OFF. THE INSUING CONFUSION CAUSED HIS S/C TO STRIKE THE RIB & A PIECE OF COAL ROLLED OFF & STRUCK HIS FOOT CUAISNG A SPRAIN.

1985 · 1 incident

November 5, 1985 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Justice Coal Excavation Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS RT ARM BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND MANTRIP CAR RESULTING IN CONTUSIONS