Mining Incidents

No 30 Mine Coal

Dixs Creek Mining Company · Underground
Controlled by Billy R Lee
Keystone, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607415

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1991–1999
Latest incident
Apr 1999
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1999 · 1 incident

April 7, 1999 WV · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Dixs Creek Mining Company · Flash burns (electric)

EE WAS WORKING ON A GROUND MONITOR INSIDE SECTION POSER CENTER WHEN A WIRE FELL ONTO ONE OF THE PHASES "480 VOLT" CAUSING THE WIRE TO ARC.

1994 · 2 incidents

April 18, 1994 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
16 Tons Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHIE TRAMMING BRIDGES TO MIENR #3 BRIDGE PULLED #2 BRIDGE SIDEWAYS. #2 BRIDGE OPERATOR AHD HIS LEFT HAND ON TRAM LEVERS AN DIT FORCED HIS ARM INTO THE TOP ROOF. COAL HEIGHT 34" - 36", ARM WA S NOT BETWEN THE BRIDGE AND ROOF.

April 4, 1994 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
16 Tons Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BRIDGE OPERATOR WHILE TRAMMING BRIDGES FROM MINER BACK TO TAILPIECE SAID HE WAS CONCERNED WITH NOT HITTING CABLE THAT WAS HUNG AGAINST ROOF AND ALLOWED BRIDGE TRACK TO GET ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. FOOT WAS BRUISED AND CAUSING PAIN, SENT OPERATOR TO SURFACE AND SENT HIM FOR X-RAYS. X-RAYS SHOWED NO BROKEN BONES. 36" IS AVERAGE HEIGHT ON SECTION.

1993 · 1 incident

July 12, 1993 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
J D Mining Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COMING OUT OF OFFICE AND STEPPED ON CINDER BLOCK STEP AND IT FLIPPED OVER AND HE FELL ON RIGHT SHOULDER AND HEAD.

1991 · 2 incidents

July 1, 1991 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler ELECTRICAL
Double G Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

WAS WORKING ON A SCOOP AND THE FACE OFF BREAKER.WHEN WIRING THE BREAKER ANS WENT TO PUT THE BREAKER IN,A WIRE GOT GROUNDED ON HOT SIDE AGAINST FRAME OF SCOOP CAUSING FLASHBACK BURNS TO BOTH HA NDS AND FOREARM.WE WERE WORKING IN LOW CLEARANCETOP.