AN ELECTRICAL C3RCUIT BREAKER FIRED AN ARC WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING AT IT. THAT NIGHT HIS EYES STARTED TO HURT.
#1 Coal
Laurel Creek Mining Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Richard H Abraham
Uneeda,
Boone County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4604525
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1983–1986
- Latest incident
- Dec 1986
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file1986 · 1 incident
December 3, 1986
WV · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
ELECTRICAL
Laurel Creek Mining Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)
1985 · 1 incident
Laurel Creek Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE REPORTED BY TELEPHONE 3 DAYS LATER ON 24 JUNE THAT HE STRAINED HIS BAKC PROBABLY PULLING ON A CABLE HE DID NOT SAY ANYTHING TO HIS FOREMAN OR MANAGEMENT OR CO-WORKERS THAT DAY NOTE EM PLOYEE HAS BEEN UNDER A DOCTORS CARE SINCE NOV 1984 FOR AN OFF JOB BACK INJURY
1984 · 1 incident
June 12, 1984
WV · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
POWERED HAULAGE
Laurel Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE BEING RETRACTED WHEN THE CABLE BECAME TAUT AND STRUCK HIM.
1983 · 1 incident
January 20, 1983
WV · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Laurel Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP WAS USING SLEDGHAMMER TO STRAIGHTEN A PIECE OF METAL WHEN THE HAMMER BOUNCED AND STRUCK HIS KNEE HE SUFFERED A BRUISE TO KNEE