Mining Incidents

Daisy Prep Plant Coal

Winchester Coals Inc · Facility
Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606443

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Sep 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1985 · 3 incidents

September 30, 1985 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Winchester Coals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS DIGGING A HOLE AT THE PREP PLANT WHEN HIS PICK STRUCK A GUARD POST AND KNOCKED HIS HARD HAT OFF HIS HEAD.

July 24, 1985 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Winchester Coals Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

I.NAME WAS BUSTING LARGE LUMPS OF COAL THROUGH GRIZZLY WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK

May 28, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Winchester Coals Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS REMOVING 2 HYDRAULIC JACKS FROM THE BACK OF A TRUCK & THE TAIL GATE CAME OPEN & THE JACKS FELL TO THE GROUND ONE OF THE JACKS HIT I.NAME ON THE UPPER PART OF HIS ANKLE.

1984 · 2 incidents

September 12, 1984 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Winchester Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE RAISED DOOR ON FRONT END LOADER IN ORDER TO CHECK OIL. HE FAILED TO FASTEN DOOR IN UPRIGHT POSITION. DOOR FELL FROM OPEN POSITION. SMASHING HIS FINGER BETWWEN DOOR & ENDLOADER BODY.

September 5, 1984 WV · Coal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Winchester Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE LIFTED A COAL SAMPLE INTO A PICKUP TRUCK REPORTED FOLLOWING DAY THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD STRAINED HIS BACK. COAL SAMPLE WAS IN METAL CAN WEIGHING APPOX 30#.

1983 · 1 incident

July 25, 1983 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Winchester Coals Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHIEL CLEANING COAL OUT OF SERVICE WAS OF THICKNER EMP DROPPED HARD HAT INTO SLUICE WAY HAT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH 50% SOULTION OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE WHEN EMP REPLACED HAT NAOH BURNED SCALP