Mining Incidents

Pepper No 1 Tipple Coal

Nu-Way Mining Company · Facility
Controlled by Grafton Coal Company
Weston, Lewis County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606142

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1987–1990
Latest incident
Feb 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1990 · 1 incident

February 21, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Nu-Way Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNLOADING STRUCTURE FROM DRYER WHEN CHAIN UNHOOKED AND SLIPPED THROUGH BOOM HOOK AND END OF CHAIN WITH HOOK ON IT, STRUCK HIM ON TOP OF HEAD. HE TRIED TO RUN FROM BESIDE CONTROLS, BUT COULD NO T GET OUT OF THE WAY. NO HARD HAT WORN AT TIME OF ACCIDENT BY I,NAME.

1989 · 3 incidents

September 20, 1989 WV · Coal drill operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Nu-Way Mining Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

APPLIED FOR HEARING LOSS.

September 18, 1989 WV · Coal drill operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Nu-Way Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

APPLIED FOR BLACK LUNG

February 15, 1989 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nu-Way Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKING ON TURN SIGNALS. FELLOW EMPLOYEE SHUT TRACK HOOD ON RIGHT HAND.

1988 · 2 incidents

November 16, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Nu-Way Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

FILED FOR BALCK LUNG CLAIM

September 6, 1988 WV · Coal DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Nu-Way Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

FILES BLACK LUNG.

1987 · 2 incidents

November 19, 1987 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Nu-Way Mining Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I.NAME FILED ST5TE OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMONIOSIS HAS NOT WORKED FOR GRAFTON SINCE 10-16-86

October 21, 1987 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Nu-Way Mining Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME FILED ST5TE OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS CLAIM HAD BEEN RETIRED SINCE 1-21-85