Mining Incidents

Chelyan Loading Facility Coal

Chelyan, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4606987

MSHA record for Chelyan Loading Facility (mine ID 4606987). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1987–1991
Latest incident
May 1991
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1991 · 1 incident

May 6, 1991 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amherst Industries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A GEAR OUT OF END LOADER-LOWER LEFT SIDE OF BACK (PULLED-MUSCLE STRAIN.

1990 · 1 incident

November 27, 1990 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Amherst Industries Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REOCCURRENCE OF OLD BACK INJ SUSTAINED IN 1985.

1988 · 1 incident

November 22, 1988 WV · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amherst Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ACRAWLED THROUGH SMALL OPENING ON STACKER BELT AND STRAINED BACK

1987 · 1 incident

August 27, 1987 WV · Coal coal sampler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amherst Industries Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

THE ACCIDENT RE8ULTED FROM COAL SMAPLER LOSING HIS BALANCE AFTER STEPPING OFF ACUTTING JOINING THE RIVER BELT TO THE TIPPLE OPERATOR'S PLATFORM. THE COAL SAMPLER'S BODY TURNED 135 DEGREES INTO A HANDRAIL BRU3SING THE SMALL OF HIS BACK. THE REPORT OBTAINED FROM HIS EMPLOYER 9-2-87 INDICATES THE SUSTAINED INJURY WAS A BRUISE IN A LOWER BACK.

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