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No 17 Coal

Okemo Corp · Underground

Controlled by Brown Jimmy Lee

Lyburn, Logan County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4607283

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 8
Years on record: 1988–1995
Latest incident: Apr 1995

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1995 · 3 incidents

April 21, 1995 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Endicott Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SMASHED FINGER ON ROOF BOLTER.

April 5, 1995 WV · Coal ELECTRICAL

Endicott Enterprises Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF BOLTER CAME IN CONTACT WITH ITS DC TRAILING CABLE WHICH CAUSED ARCING AND CAUSED THE ROOF BOLTER TO CATCH FIRE AND WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. APPROX $30,000-$35,000

March 13, 1995 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE

Endicott Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

SCOOP JAMMED INTO TOP CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS NECK.

1989 · 3 incidents

August 29, 1989 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Carbonite Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS POSITIONING ROOF BOLTER TO PIN TOP. WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ROOF BOLTER AND RIB. SELFRESCUER PLACED A STRAIN ON HIS BACK- FROM AN OLD INJURY IN 1978.

August 7, 1989 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE

Carbonite Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

RUNNING 3 WHEELER GOING TO SECTION HEAD HIT TOP TWISTING NECK AND BACK.

August 1, 1989 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Carbonite Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT NEAR RIB WHILE MOVING THE PINNER INTO POSITION HE TWISTED BACK

1988 · 2 incidents

July 1, 1988 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY

Celtic Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BOLTER OPERATOR WAS INSTALLING BATT. HANGING CHAINS WHEN CHAIN SPUN & CAUGHT HIS LT ARM RESULTING IN BROKEN ARM.

January 5, 1988 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE

Celtic Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS ON RIB 3N #7 ENTRY 17FT WIDE 38IN.HIGH 33FTINBY LAST CROSSCUT SCOOP WAS LOADING BEHIND MINER SCOOP MOVED TO THE RT.SIDE & THE DECK PUSHED THE MAN AGAINST THE RIB