Struck by flying object
Employee cut a tree. When the tree fell it struck another tree breaking the top out of the tree being cut. The top flew back and hit the employee.
Lost Flat Surface MineCoal
South Fork Coal Company, LLC · Surface
Controlled by White Forest Resources, Inc
Richwood, Greenbrier County, WV · Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4607376
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2018–2019
- Latest incident
- Mar 2019
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2019 · 1 incident
2018 · 1 incident
Struck by falling object
Contractor was installing liner on the blade of dozer when a bolt broke that was supporting the metal plate. The plate dropped striking the contractor on the left foot. Result was a bruising and a fracture of minor bone in the left foot.