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No 2 Surface Mine Coal

Kessler Coals Inc · Surface

Controlled by K C Holding Company

Whitesville, Boone County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4606616

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 1984–1989
Latest incident: Oct 1989

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1989 · 1 incident

October 4, 1989 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Kessler Coals Inc · Fall from machine

INDIVIDUAL WAS DISMOUNTING THE DOZER. THERE WAS MUD ON HIS FEET AND THE TRACKS OF THE DOZER. HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND ON HIS CHEST KNOCKING THE BREATH OUT OF HIM AND BRUISING HIS CH EST AREA.

1984 · 4 incidents

October 31, 1984 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Kessler Coals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS LIFTING ON A ROCK GROUND ON 773 ROCK TRUCK.

September 17, 1984 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Kessler Coals Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS RUNNING DOZER MAKING A LAND FILL AND INJURED BACK BY STEELING TOSSED AROUND IN DOZER CAB IF INJURED HAD BEEN WEARING SEAT BELTS NO INJURY WOULD HAVE OCCURRED.

September 8, 1984 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Kessler Coals Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

TRUCK DRIVER DUMPED TRUCK LOAD OF COAL ON BEN GRIGGLY AND WAS BUSTING LARGE LUMPS WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

April 21, 1984 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE

Kessler Coals Inc · Fall from machine

TRUCK COMING DOWN GRADE WHEN JAKE BREAK FAILED TO HOLD AND FOOT BREAK WOULDNT STOP TRUCK IT WAS LOADED WITH COAL DRIVER WAS BRUISED AND SOME MINOR CUTS AND SCRAPES WHERE JE JUMPED FROM TRUCK.