Pinnacle Creek Mining Corp · Fall onto or against objects
INJ REMOVING BLOCKAGE FROM ROCK CHUTE,SLIPPED AND STRUCK RIBS ON EDGE OF CHUTE.
Pinnacle Creek Mine Coal
Pinnacle Creek Mining Corp
· Facility
Controlled by
Thompson Elizabeth
Crumpler,
Mcdowell County,
WV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4605853
MSHA record for Pinnacle Creek Mine (mine ID 4605853). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1988–1990
- Latest incident
- May 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file1990 · 3 incidents
March 13, 1990
WV · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pinnacle Creek Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL WAS PUTTING ON WORK BOOTS WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK. EMPL WORKED TILL 10:30 AM AT WHICH TIME HE LEFT TO GO HOME.
Pinnacle Creek Mining Corp · Fall from machine
FELL 15 TO 20' INTO ROCKS INJURING BACK.
1989 · 5 incidents
August 8, 1989
WV · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
MACHINERY
Pinnacle Creek Mining Corp · Struck by falling object
INJURED PARTY WAS HOLDING STEEL BEAM AFTER BEING CUT DOWN,AFTER BEING CUT DOWN,FELL ONTO LEFT FOOT.
Pinnacle Creek Mining Corp · Fall from headframe, derrick or tower
INJURED PARTY WAS CLIMBING UTILITY POLE TO DO ELECTRICAL WORK FELL 6FT ;& GOT CAUGHT ON A PIECE OF WIRE
May 16, 1989
WV · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pinnacle Creek Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED PARTY WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN ROCK WITH SLATE BAR,BAR JUMPED BACK INTO RIBS ON RIGHT SIDE.
March 31, 1989
WV · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pinnacle Creek Mining Corp · Fall from machine
THE INJURED WAS GETTING OFF OF BELT STRUCTURE ONE FOOT SLIPPED ANS HE HAD TO JUMP TO KEEP FROM FALLING,FRACTURED BACK,HAS LOWER BACK PAIN.
March 3, 1989
WV · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Barkers Ridge Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
INVOLVED IN TRUCK ACCIDENT, RAN OFF OF ROAD.
1988 · 1 incident
August 19, 1988
WV · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Barkers Ridge Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SLIPPED ON SURFACE AND FELL IN 6-7 FOOT HOLE AFTER OR DURING A RAIN STORM. THIS SURFACE BECAME SLIPPERY DUE TO VERY WET CONDITIONS.
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