Mining Incidents

Justice Coal

Summersville, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4603851

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
48
Years on record
1983–1992
Latest incident
Nov 1992
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 18, 1991 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Pine Run Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PINNED AGAINST MANTRIP AND OVERCAST

Reportable incidents

47 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1992 · 3 incidents

November 2, 1992 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pine Run Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHUTTEL CAR OPERATOR WAS HELPING SPLICE TRAILING CABLE, HE WAS HITTING SPLICING ARVIL WITH HAMMER. PIECE OF METAL HIT HIM IN RIGHT TESTICLE, HAD TO BE HOSPITALISED AND RIGHT TESTICLE SURGICALL Y REMOVED.

May 28, 1992 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Pine Run Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SWINGING HEAD TO SET 2ND BOLT HIT BOOM LIFT LEVER PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN HEAD JACK AND LEVELING ARM

April 6, 1992 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Pine Run Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING DUST FROM AROUND DRILL TWIST.STEEL CAUGHT GLOVE AND TWISTED ARM AROUND STEEL.

1991 · 7 incidents

October 18, 1991 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Pine Run Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LIFTING POWER BOX WITH ENDLOADER, AND BOX TURNED OVER CATCHING LEFT FOOT UNDER BOX.

March 6, 1991 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS CHANGING OUT TRAM MOTOR ON 21SC SHUTTLE CAR THE MOTOR SLIPPED CUTTING THE END OF HIS INDEX FINGER OFF ON HIS LEFT HAND

January 22, 1991 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS TRAVELING IN #2 ENTRY WITH SCOOP AND RAN OVER A 4" LIMESTONE BLOCK WHICH HAD BEEN DROPPED IN ROADWAY. HE BOUNCED UP AND WHEN HE CAME DOWN, HE HIT HIS SIDE ON HIS SELF RESCUER WHICH WAS ON HIS BELT AND BRUISED HIS SIDE.

1990 · 6 incidents

October 31, 1990 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LOADING WATER LINE REACHE UNDER SCOOP BUCKET TO PULL IT THE OPER LET BUCKET FALL ON RING FINGER OF R HAND

August 22, 1990 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS WATCHING CABLE ON SHUTTLE CAR WHILE IT WAS PUSHING SIDE OF OPERATOR AND THE SHUTTLE CAR PINNED HIM TO THE RIB OF THE FACE COAL BROKEN ANKLE AND BROKEN PELVIS ACCORDING TO THE INJURED MA N S TESTIMONY.

August 15, 1990 WV · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL WAS WORKING AT POWER CENTER & POWER WENT PHASE TO PHASE & BLEW UP. EMPL USED FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT OUT FIRE & INHALED SOME SMOKE WHILE DOING THIS. JUST MADE MAN SICK FROM BREATHING SMO KE.

August 13, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS OPERATING A FLETCHER BOLT MACHINE, ALL AT ONCE HIS BACK BEGAN TO PAIN, HE DID NOT DO ANYTHING UNUSUAL TO CAUSE AN INJURY, IT KEPT ON HURTING AND HE CAME OUT OF MINES AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR.

August 9, 1990 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS WORKING ON $5 TAIL PC MOTOR STARTED MOVING HE GRABBED FOR THE HAND BRAKE HIT HIS HAND AGAINST CAR WHILE DOING THIS HE GOT HIS RT KNEE FOWLED IN THE TIMBER OR WATER LINE & TWISTED HI S LEG FX OF 1ST METACARPAL ON RT HAND & MENTSCUSOF RT KNEE

March 19, 1990 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Eagle Coal & Dock Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS USING PIN TO GUIDE ANGEL DRIVE ON MINER WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED PIN SLIPPED STRIKNG MAN ON LEFT JAW. JAW WAS BROKEN FROM BLOW THAT WAS RECEIVED ON SIDE OF FACE RIGHT WRIST WAS BROKEN WITH WHICH MAN WAS HOLDING BAR.

1989 · 6 incidents

August 21, 1989 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Cherry River Fuels Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRAMMING RF BOLT. ACROSS SECTION CAUGHT BETWEEN BOLT MACHINE AND RF.

March 7, 1989 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Continental Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ONE FALL STARTED IN THE FACE OF NO. 2 ENTRY AND FELL MOST OF THE WAY THROUGH THE RIGHT CROSSCUT, THEN IT FELL APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET TO THE RIGHT THROUGH THE 4 TO 5 AND 5 TO 6 CROSSCUTS.

January 6, 1989 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Continental Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME WAS RIDING IN MANTRIP HE RAISED UP TO SEE IF OTHER MANTRIP WAS COMING STRUCK HEAD ON 1SRT OVERCAST IN TRACK ENTRY

1988 · 12 incidents

September 27, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Continental Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS COUPLING TWO PIECES OF BOLT DRILL STEEL TOGETHER, PUSHING LEVER TOO SOON THEREFORE PINNING HIS INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BOLTER STEEL AND MINE ROOF.

July 25, 1988 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Continental Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A FAULT IN THE TOP CAUSED THIS FALL. THE FALL WAS 120' LONG AND 2' TO 4' THICK. THIS FALL FELL BETWEEN THE LAST TIME THE AREA WAS TRAVELED 7-21-88 TO 7-25-88. THIS FALL WAS IN THE RETURN HOWEV EVER, DID NOT AFFECT THE AIR ON TRAVEL OF MEN.

July 25, 1988 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Continental Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FELL FOR 120'IN DISTANCE.RANGING FROM 2-4'THICK IN #1 RETURN.THIS DIDNT AFFECT FACE VENTILATION.RETURN WAS TRAVELED THE WEEK PRIOR TO FALL AND NOTHING WAS DETECTED TO INDICATE THAT THE TO P IN THIS AREA WAS GOING TO FALL.

April 2, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE FROM SUPPLY CAR. I,NAME WAS TOSSING A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE TO THE BACK OF THE CAR, WHEN THE PIECE BRING TOSSED STRUCK HIS RIGHT THUMB.

March 21, 1988 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Continental Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

W VA ARMATURE JEEP OPERATED BY STEVE CANFIELD WAS COMING DOWN A HILL THE LEE NORSE JEEP WAS STOPPED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SAME HILL. THEY WAS PUTTING THE TROLLEY POLE BACK ON THE WIRE. WHEN THE W VA ARMATURE JEEP SLIDE ABOUT 30 FT DOWN THE HILL HITTING THE LEE NORSE JEEP JARRING THE RIDERS INSIDE.

February 13, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Continental Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS RIDING IN DECK OF BATTERY TRACTOR ANDWAS ROLLED OUT OF DECK OVER TOP OF TRACTOR.

1987 · 3 incidents

June 1, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Continental Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR'S SHIR7 SLEEVE CAUGHT UP LEVER CAUSING HEAD TO GO UP CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN HEAD AND MINE ROOF.

May 18, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Continental Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

STARTING THE DR3LL STEEL KNEE HIT FAST UP DRESSING CAUSING DRILL HEAD TO MOVE UP CAUGHING LEFT THUMB.

1984 · 4 incidents

October 16, 1984 WV · Coal superintendent MACHINERY
Peerless Eagle Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING BOLT STEEL OUT OF HOLE STEEL SLIPPED OUT OF HEAD WHEN PUTTING HEAD BACK UP MASHED 2 FINGERS ON LEFT HNAD BETWEEN DRILL STEEL & HEAD OF BOLTER.

October 8, 1984 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Peerless Eagle Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

FALL OCCURRED IN NO.3 ENTRY 1ST. RTL OFF 8TH RT. BEGINNING AT 3+65 AND FALLING OUTBY TO 3+15 GALIS 300 ROOF BOLTER WAS COVERED UP AND RETREIVED THE NEXT SHIFT.

July 16, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Peerless Eagle Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PULLING ON BOLT STEEL STEEL STUCK IN HOLE PULLED OUT AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN HEAD AND STEEL

June 5, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Peerless Eagle Coal Company · Struck by flying object

DTILLING HOLE TOSET BOLT AND DRILL STEEL STOPPED UP AND DUST BLEW BACK OUT OF HOLE INTO EYE.

1983 · 6 incidents

March 25, 1983 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Peerless Eagle Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A ROCK FELL OFF OF BUGGY AND WAS ABOUT TO FALL ON MR JOHNS AND HE CAUGHT IT PULLING SOMETHING IN SIDE

March 8, 1983 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peerless Eagle Coal Company · Struck by falling object

CHANGING BOOM LIFT JACK ON BOLT MACHINE AND HEAD FELL MASHING FINGER BETWEEN HEAD OF BOLT MACHINE AND HALF HEADER ON BOTTOM.