Mining Incidents

No 5 Coal

S & M Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Shannon Harold
Coal Mountain, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606510

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Feb 1984
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1984 · 1 incident

February 15, 1984 WV · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
S & M Coal Company · Flash burns (electric)

USING BONDER TO HEAT HIS LUNCH AND WHEN HE TOOK THE NIP OFF,IT ARC AND BURN HIM.

1983 · 4 incidents

October 21, 1983 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
S & M Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ABOVE ANCHORAGE OF BOLTS 3 BREAKS BEHIND FACE AT A CROSS CUT BETWEEN #4 & #5 THE AREA HAD BEEN CRIBBED OFF

October 5, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & M Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKED UP PIECE OF CABLE AND SLIPPED ON COAL IN MINES AND FELL.

June 1, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
S & M Coal Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLT MACHINE WHEN PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM