Mining Incidents

Amherst Loading Facility Coal

Malden, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4607509

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2000–2003
Latest incident
Jul 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
28
citations
13
significant & substantial
$4,334
proposed penalties
$3,629
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

July 31, 2003 WV · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman NO VALUE FOUND
Amherst Industries Inc · No Value Found

EE WAS CHANGING OUT BARGES. HE CLIMBED A LADDER FROM THE LOADED BARGE TO THE EMPTY BARGE. HE WALKED TO THE BOW END OF THE BARGE, WHERE HE HAD A LOWER BACK SPASM. WE TOOK HIM FROM THE BARGE TO THE DR.

January 13, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amherst Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE COAL FEEDER WAS FROZEN DUE TO COLD TEMPERATURES. EE WAS PULLING ON THE V-BELTS TO GET THE FEEDER DISLODGED. WHEN THE PITMAN ARM WAS FULLY EXTENDED THE FEEDER RELEASED & PULLED EE'S RIGHT T HUMB BETWEEN THE BELT & PULLEY CLOSEST TO THE ELECTRIC MOTOR. AT THIS TIME ALL SOURCES OF POWER TO THIS ONE FEEDER WERE DISCONNECTED. EE'S TOP PORTION OF RIGHT THUMB WAS SEVERED.

2002 · 1 incident

April 19, 2002 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amherst Industries Inc · Fall from machine

EE HAD CLIMBED UP ONTO THE ENDLOADER THAT HE WOULD BE OPERATING FOR HIS SHIFT. UPON REACHING THE TOP OF THE ENDLOADER HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND HE BRUISED HIS LOWER BACK AND RECEIVED A KNOT ON HIS HEAD. THE SURFACE THAT HE FELL ONTO WAS GRAVEL. THE HEIGHT THAT HE FELL WAS SEVEN FEET OFF OF THE GROUND.

2001 · 2 incidents

January 14, 2001 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Amherst Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WELDING ON A SUPPORT FOR THE BARGE MOVER EE SITS ON HIS LEFT LEG AND HEARS THE KNEE POP. HE IS NOT OPERATED ON UNTIL MARCH 6, 2001. AT THIS TIME HE IS STILL OFF WORK.

January 12, 2001 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amherst Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LEFT FLOOR CATCHES UNDER CRABLINE WHEN BARGE IS BEING SET IN PLACE TO LOAD. THE BARGE SHIFTS BECAUSE OF BOAT GOING UP RIVER CAUSING THE CABLE TO SNAP. HE RECEIVES BRUISES TO THE TOP OR HIS LEF T FOOT.

2000 · 1 incident

August 14, 2000 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amherst Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GAUGING BARGE BEING LOADED WITH COAL THE CABLE WHICH PULLS BARGE UP AND DOWN THE RIVER HIT EE'S LEFT ELBOW. CREATED A BRUISE AND SMALL CUT.