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No 17 Mine Coal

Laurel Creek Mining Company Inc · Underground

Controlled by Richard H Abraham

Uneeda, Boone County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4607297

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 6
Years on record: 1987–1988
Latest incident: Dec 1988

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1988 · 5 incidents

December 9, 1988 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Laurel Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TIGHTENING UP CRIBS WITH A HAMMER WHEN HE STRUCK HIMSELF ON HIS LEFT ANKLE.

September 28, 1988 WV · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Laurel Creek Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING AND BUILDING CRIBS.

September 13, 1988 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator STRIKING OR BUMPING

Laurel Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON THE MINER WHEN HE WALKED INTO A FLYBOARD BOLTED TO THE ROOF.

May 31, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Laurel Creek Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS USING A BAR TO PRY THE CAT PADS BACK ON A CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM PAIN IN HIS UPPER BACK.A BURNING SENSATION.

May 3, 1988 WV · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Laurel Creek Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A STEEL OXYGEN BOTTLE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS FINGER-FINISHED HIS SHIFT.(NO LOST TIME INJURY).

1987 · 1 incident

October 19, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Laurel Creek Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A RAILROAD JACK ON A BELT HEAD, WHEN THE SLATE BAR HANDLE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS HEAD.