Mining Incidents

Rawhide Coal

Controlled by Virgil B La Rosa
Volga, Upshur County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4605238

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2000–2008
Latest incident
May 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
139
citations
38
significant & substantial
$15,782
proposed penalties
$12,902
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 12,985 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 15,174 15 3 988.5
2008 Q3 14,435 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 18,059 5 0 276.9
2008 Q1 12,846 8 1 622.8
2007 Q4 16,844 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 13,527 16 9 1182.8
2007 Q2 17,843 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2008 · 3 incidents

May 10, 2008 WV · Coal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cheyenne Sales Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was lifting samples off of sampling platform onto truck from ladder. Left boot got stuck on ladder while turning to put samples onto truck and twisted left knee.

March 17, 2008 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cheyenne Sales Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was going to treat ponds when he exited his vehicle and he slipped and fell.

March 15, 2008 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cheyenne Sales Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE was getting a piece of metal, he dropped it and it hit the sode of his left foot and ankle area.

2006 · 1 incident

February 10, 2006 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cheyenne Sales Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

A mack tri-axle dump truck was backed into the shop for service work. Employee walked in front of the truck. The truck driver started the motor with the truck in gear and the truck moved forward pinning employee between the truck bumper and the garage door.

2005 · 4 incidents

September 27, 2005 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cheyenne Sales Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE #1 was loading a RR car underneath the loading glove. EE #2 was above the loading chute preparing to bring more empty cars from the storage area. While letting the air off the first empty RR cars, they took off down the track. These runaway cars struck the car being loaded under the chute knocking EE #1 off of the car. The collision resulted in fracture of his right foot.

August 3, 2005 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Cheyenne Sales Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING ROCK OFF PICKING TABLE. A LARGE LUMP OF COAL CAME OFF OF SCREEN AND BOUNCED ON PICKING BELT AND LANDED ON EMPLOYEE'S HAND.

July 9, 2005 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cheyenne Sales Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Doing maintenance, Ee did not know he hurt himself.

2003 · 2 incidents

June 23, 2003 WV · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cheyenne Sales Company Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS GETTING OUT OF TRUCK TO SEE IF COAL HAD RUN DOWN BIN. HE SLIPPED TRYING TO STAY OUT OF MUD AND FELL. HE WORKED DRIVING TRUCK UNTIL 4:00 PM. WHEN HE CAME IN WITH TRUCK HE SAID HIS LEFT K NEE HURT.

February 13, 2003 WV · Coal brakeman, roperider, car runner, spotterman, snapper, trip rider, car rider, flagman MACHINERY
Cheyenne Sales Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS TRYING TO UNTANGLE A PULL CABLE FROM BENEATH AND ADJACENT RR CAR. THE CABLE WAS BEING PULLED BY A D9 DOZER. THE DOZER OPERATOR DID NOT SEE THE EMPLOYEE AND PULLED THE DOZER FORWARD, THU S PUTTING TENSION ON THE CABLE. THE CABLE PINNED THE EMPLOYEE TO THE SIDE OF THE RR CAR INJURING HIS STOMACH AND BACK. THE DOZER OPERATOR LOOKED BACK AND IMMEDIATELY RELEASED TENSION ON CABLE

2002 · 3 incidents

October 11, 2002 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cheyenne Sales Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS WORKING ON A D68 DOZER ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE AN OIL LEAK. EE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF DOZER TRACKS AND LOST HIS FOOTING. HE FELL APPROX. 4 FT HE ATTEMPTED TO BREAK HIS FALL BY USING HIS AR MS AND HANDS HIS LEFT FOREARM FRACTURED WHEN STRIKING THE CONCRETE FLOOR.

July 25, 2002 WV · Coal truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cheyenne Sales Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A TRACTOR TRAILER LOADED WITH COAL. AS HE WAS RAISING HIS BED, HIS TAILGATE DID NOT OPEN. HE TOOK A PRY PAR AND ATTEMPTED TO PRY OPEN THE TAILGATE. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED, ST RIKING HIM IN THE STOMACH.

March 11, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cheyenne Sales Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG CRUSHER. HE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF PLATFORM. HE STEPPED OFF OF PLATFORM, & FELL BACKWARDS, STRIKING HIS LOWER BACK ON HANDRAIL.

2000 · 1 incident

March 28, 2000 WV · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cheyenne Sales Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS ASCENDING A HILL TO REFUSE SITE WITH HIS INITIAL TRIP. HE DROVE APPROX. 500 FT. WHEN THE OUTPUT SHAFT BROKE COMING OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRUCK STARTED COMING OFF THE HILL BACKWAR DS AND UPSET OVER A SMALL EMBANKMENT. EE WAS TAKEN TO ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL WHERE IT WAS FOUND OUT HE HAD TWO BROKEN RIBS.