Mining Incidents

White Oak Strip Coal

J W Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Garland George Jr
Artie, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4604963

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1984–1991
Latest incident
Oct 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1991 · 1 incident

October 29, 1991 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
J W Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL DOING MAINT.WORK ON A MACHINE NEAR HIGHWALL.SOME DIRT MIXED WITH ROCK SLID OFF HIGHWALL,ROCK ROLLED OVER TO EMPL STRIKING FOOT AND BREAKING TOE.

1989 · 1 incident

March 6, 1989 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hansford Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MASHED RIGHT FOREFINGER BY A PIECE OF METAL RESULTING IN A LACERATION REQUIRING 4 STITCHES.

1988 · 5 incidents

October 26, 1988 WV · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor MACHINERY
Hansford Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING MECHANIC WHILE GRINDING ON A PIECE OF METAL. A FRAGMENT APPARENTLY ENTER HIS EYE AND BECAME EMBEDDED.

October 17, 1988 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hansford Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS HELPING EMCHANIC LOAD PIECE OF METAL INTO TRUCK WHEN GRIP ON METAL SLIPPED & EMPL FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN METAL & TRUCKS BUMPER.

August 4, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hansford Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING SLAG FROM WELD WITH CHIPPING HAMMER WHEN A PIECE GOT INTO HIS EYE.

January 5, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Hansford Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

2.25% AWARD FOR3OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS

1987 · 1 incident

1986 · 2 incidents

August 13, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hansford Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING PINS ON AUGER AND COMPLAINED OF DOUBLEPINY BACK PAIN.

July 18, 1986 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hansford Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE DID NO7 STOP BELT TO REPLACE BROKEN PIN ON FEEDER HE STEPPED ON BELT LINE AND WAS THROWN INTO WALKWAY.

1984 · 1 incident

September 12, 1984 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Hansford Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE OPERATING A DOZER WAS BRUSHING A CROP LINE WHEN A TREE LIMB CAME BACK AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT THIGH