Mining Incidents

Mine No 62 Coal

Royal Scot Minerals Inc · Underground
Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606942

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1985–1988
Latest incident
Dec 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

1988 · 6 incidents

December 9, 1988 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ EMP AND ANOTHER EMP WERE TUIRNING RATCHET TO REMOVE TIGHT BOLT ON STYLE JACK WHEN BO LT SUDDENLY TURNED CAUSING EMP BODY TO TURN A(D THREW LEFT KNEE OUT OF JOINT.

November 30, 1988 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHUTTLE CAR CAUGHT MINER CABLE ON BUMPER AND AS SLACK STRIGHTENED OUT AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT ANKLE CAUSING AN OPEN WOUND AND FRACTURE.

September 6, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ROCK WIHT SLATE BAR WHEN ROCK BROKE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK

February 16, 1988 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

AFTER EMPLOYEE MAN TRIPPED FROM THE SURFACE TO THE SECTION APP 10 MIN TRIP HE STATED THATH E WAS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HIW LOWER BACK THIS EMPLOYEE HAS A PAST HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEM NO ACCIDEN REPORTED.

February 15, 1988 WV · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE HAD BACK PAIN WHILE LOADING BELT STRUCTURE. TWO EMPLOYEES WORKING WITH HIM AT THE TIME REPORT THAT HE MADE NO SOUNDS OF PAIN NOR GRABBED THE INJURED AREA. THE EMPLOYE HAS CHRONC BACK PROBLEMS THAT ARE NOT WORK RELATED.

1987 · 4 incidents

August 19, 1987 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE ATTEMPTIN1 TO REMOVE A REOCK THAT FELL ON MINER-THE ROCK FEL L ON VICTIMS'S RIGHT ANKLE AND LEFT HEEL CAUSING A SPRAON TO RIGHT ANKLE.

June 8, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DURING ROOF BOL7ING OPERATIONS, THE EMPLOYEE WAS SUPPLEMENTING SUPPORT WHILE HANDLING METAL STRAPS THE EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A LAERATION TO HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WITH TENDON INVOLVEMENT.

March 14, 1987 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING BOLTING SUPPLIES FROM 484 S & S SCOOP ONTO A 300 GALIS BOLTER THE SCOOP WAS PARKED ON A GRADE AND SHIFTED FORWARD DOWNGREADE, MASHING EMPLOYEE S RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN BOLTER AND SCOOP BUCK9T. COMPOUND FRACTURES TO BIG TOE OF RIGHT FOOT.

1986 · 3 incidents

October 24, 1986 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMP (MINER HELP9R) WAS INSTALLING BITS IN A 1028 JEFFERY CONT MINER WHEN A SLUG OF ROOF FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK INDIVIDUAL ON THE FRONT OF HIS RIGHT LEG CAUSING A CONTUSION

October 3, 1986 WV · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper POWERED HAULAGE
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 POSTIONED BETWEEN A 300 GALIOUS BOLTER AND A 484 SCOOP--- TRANSFERING SUPPLIES FROM ONE TO THE OTHER, WHEN A THIRD PIECE OF EQUIPMENT--21 SHUTTLE CAR TRAMMING ACROSS THE SECTI ON HIT THE SCOO1 CAUSING INJURY TO HIS ANKLE.

January 15, 1986 WV · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING A CINDER BLOCK LOADING A MINE CAR. EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS WORK FOLLOWING SAID INJURY TIL 2-4-86.

1985 · 2 incidents

December 3, 1985 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS ATTEMPTI3G TO MOVE A POWER CABLE FOR A C/M WHICH WAS MOVING FROM ONE HEADING TO ANOTHER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

November 19, 1985 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL ATTEMPTING3TO HAND MINER CABLE WITH 4'' CABLE HANGERS AND THE CABLE SLIPPED OUT OF HANGER DEFLECTING HANGER AND STRIKING EMPL IN EYE.