Birch Surface Mine Coal

Grafton Coal Company · Surface

Weston, Nicholas County, WV · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4607097

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No fatalities recorded at this mine.

9 on file

July 18, 1990 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Grafton Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE BED OF THE FOREMAN'S PICKUP TRUCK AND FELL WHEN CLIMBING OVER TAILGATE.

April 26, 1990 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Grafton Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TURNED ANKLE AFTER STEPPING OUT OF TRUCK ON UNEVEN GROUND

December 21, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Grafton Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RIDING DOZER IN SOLID ROCK WAS RIPPING WI TH RIPPER

October 20, 1989 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Grafton Coal Company · Fall from machine

PLACED FOOT ON TIRE WHILE CHECKING OIL LEVEL IN ENGINE. FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING FALL ONTO RIGHT ARM.

September 12, 1989 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Grafton Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIE ROD END SMASHED AND CUT FINGER AGAINST STEERING JACK OF ROCK TRUCK WHEN MAKING REPAIRS.

January 16, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Grafton Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PICKUP TAILGATE DROPPED ON LEFT RING FINGER. MASHED AND CUT FINGER.

August 26, 1988 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)

Grafton Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FILED HEARING LOSS CLAIM.

July 27, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS

Grafton Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

FILED BLACK LUNG CLAIM.

August 12, 1987 WV · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor MACHINERY

Grafton Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LE5ELING UP CARRIAGE ON AUGER & HIT HIS FOOT.