Mining Incidents

RawhideCoal

Controlled by Virgil B La Rosa
Volga, Upshur County, WV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4605238
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2000–2008
Latest incident
May 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2008 · 3 incidents

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.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

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

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

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

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.

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.

Struck by flying object

WHILE DRIVING A CAT PIN, CAT PIN EXPLODED & A PIECE HIT HIM IN THE ABDOMEN.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Doing maintenance, Ee did not know he hurt himself.

2003 · 2 incidents

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.