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Short Branch Surface Mine No 991 Coal

Freeman Branch Mining · Surface

Controlled by John C Geupel

Leewood, Kanawha County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4606804

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 1987–1989
Latest incident: Aug 1989

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1989 · 1 incident

August 17, 1989 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS

Freeman Branch Mining · Struck by flying object

APPARENT FAULT OR WEAK AREA IN HIGHWALL, ALLOWING HOLE TO BLOW OUT. INJURED EMPLOYEE HAS FRACTURED LEFT TIBIA, FIBULA, PATELLA AND FEMUR. THE RIGHT KNEE HAD FOREIGN BODY IN IT. INJURIES WERE C AUSED BY FLYING ROCK FROM THE SHOT.

1988 · 2 incidents

April 27, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Freeman Branch Mining · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE LYING ON GROUND ON HIS BACK DOING REPAIR WORK ON A ROCK TRUCK WHEN THE AIR BRAKE CHAMGER SPRUNG APART STRIKING THE VICTIM IN THE FOREHEAD JUST ABOVE THE LEFT EYE CAUSING LACERATION

April 12, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER

Freeman Branch Mining · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE ENTERING A ROCK TRUCK A GUST OF WIND SLAMMED THE DOOR PINCHED RT AHDN

1987 · 1 incident

October 16, 1987 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Freeman Branch Mining · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING MATERIAL BACK INTO EXPLOSIVE HOLES.