EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP MINER CABLES FROM MUD AND WATER. TRIPPED ON PIECE OF ROCK OR COAL AND STOVED LEFT HIP, LEG AND BACK.
Freeport Mine No 1a Coal
Tygart Coal Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Grafton Coal Company
P O Box 303 Birch River,
Braxton County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607497
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1988–1989
- Latest incident
- May 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file1989 · 5 incidents
May 30, 1989
WV · Coal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tygart Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
May 19, 1989
WV · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tygart Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
HIT RIGHT ANKLE ON DECK GETTING OUT OF SHUTTLE CAR.
May 15, 1989
WV · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tygart Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING HEAVY WET COAL SPILLAGE UNDER BELT DRIVE.
March 8, 1989
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Tygart Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
PC OF ROCK FELL FORM ROOF WHILE PUTTING RESIN IN DRILL HOLE CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE L. ELBOW ON CANOOPY.
February 23, 1989
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Tygart Coal Company · Struck by falling object
DRILLING A HOLE WHEN KETTLE BOTTOM FELL OUT OF THE ROOF & SLID DOWN THE STEEL STRIKING LEFT HAND
1988 · 2 incidents
Tygart Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CUTTING CABLE WITH HACKSAW WHICH SLIPPED AND CUT FINGER.
December 12, 1988
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Tygart Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PC OF DRILL STEEL ROLLED UNDER BOOM WHILE DOOM WA> RAISED. WHEN BOOM WA> LOWERED TI CAUSGHT DRILL STEEL AND STEEL SPRANG FROM UNDER BOOM STRIKING EMP .