Accident type, without injuries
UNPLANNED IGNITION AT 2 LOCATIONS CONSUMING 1/4 & 1/2 ACRE OF GRASS NEAR ABANDONED PREP. PLANT. APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL SPARK THAT FELL ONTO DRY GRASS.
Upshur ComplexCoal
Upshur Property LLC · Facility
Controlled by Core Natural Resources Inc
Tallmansville, Upshur County, WV · NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4605823
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2004–2005
- Latest incident
- Jun 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2005 · 1 incident
2004 · 1 incident
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EE WAS BREAKING BOLTS ON A REDUCING FLANG USING A 3/4""DRIVE SOCKET RATCHET AND CHEATER PIPE. DURING WORK THE EE SUSTAINED A SPRAIN OF LOWER BACK. INCIDENT OCCURRED 2/4/04 AND WENT TO DR. ON 2/9/04. THE 1ST DAY LOST WAS 2/9/04.