Mining Incidents

Mine #4 Coal

K & C Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Mc Court Loye
Webster Springs, Webster County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607560

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1989–1991
Latest incident
Sep 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

September 4, 1991 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
K & C Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HANDLE SLIPPED FROM CABLE RATCHET STRIKING RIGHT THUMB, CAUISNG SIMPLE FACTURE OF RIGHT THUMB.

1990 · 6 incidents

July 9, 1990 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Taner Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

THROWING BELT ON STRUCTURE AT THE 3 BELT HEAD

February 12, 1990 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Taner Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WATCHING SOMEONE WELD FROM A DISTANCE BURNED EYES-WAS WEARING EYE SHIELD

January 25, 1990 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Taner Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

GRINDING PIECE OF STEEL GRINDER JERKED STEEL KICKED BACK PIECE OF STEEL & KNOCKED FINGER INTO SOMETHING

1989 · 6 incidents

December 21, 1989 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider MACHINERY
Taner Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAUGHT LEFT ARM BETWEEN MINER BOOM & MBC, MBC HUNG UP & MINER PULLING. MIDDLE MBC SHOVED FRONT MBC WHILE VICTIM WAS HOOKING MINE BOOM TO MBC.

April 24, 1989 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Taner Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS MOVING MINER AROUND THE BLOCK, MI8NER WENT OVER HUMP, THE DECK WENT UP AGAINST THE TOP MASHING ME DOWN IN THE DECK PULLING MUSCLES IN MY BACK.