Mining Incidents

Keystone No 5 Preparation Plant Coal

Midway, Raleigh County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4605677

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Mar 1983
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

March 21, 1983 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator OTHER
Affinity Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED HAD DOUBLED BACK TO RUN A ENDLOADER HE IS AN EXPERIENCED END LOADER OPERATOR HE WAS OPERATING THE END LOADER WITH THE SIDE DOOR OPEN AND HAD HIS HAND ON THE FRAME OF THE DOOR THE WIND WAS BLOWING AT THIS TIME AND CAUGHT THE DOOR CLOSING IT ON HIS THUMB PART OF THE FIRST JOINT OF HIS LEFT THUMB WAS MASHED BAD AND HAD TO BE TAKEN OFF