Mining Incidents

Tiz Number 7 Coal

John B Harris Inc · Underground
Controlled by John B Harris
Leslie, Greenbrier County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607579

MSHA record for Tiz Number 7 (mine ID 4607579). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

March 5, 1991 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
John B Harris Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING DOWN HILL FROM BATH HOUSE TO SHOP NOTICED SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT KNEE I DID NOT SLIP OR ANYTHING OPUT OF THE ORENARY.

January 14, 1991 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
John B Harris Inc · Struck against stationary object

BUGGY OPERATOR GOT OFF HIS BUGGY TO TURN AROUND TO CHANGE DIRECTION AND THERE WAS A ROOF BOLT HANGING DOWN FROM THE MINE ROOF ABOUT 6" WHERE SOME DRAW ROCK HAD FALLEN AWAY FROM BOLT. OPERATOR HIT HIS RIGHT EAR ON BOLT CUTTING IT.

1990 · 8 incidents

October 16, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
John B Harris Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING BOLT WITH SPINNER WRENCH IT SLIPPED OFF BOLT STRUCK HIM ABOVE R EYE

May 18, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
John B Harris Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING STEPPED IN HOLE KNEE POPPED OUT OF JOINT

May 9, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
John B Harris Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE HELPING MOVE MINER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY,INJURED HIS BACK PULLING & LIFTING CABLE.

May 7, 1990 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
John B Harris Inc · Struck by flying object

ONE OF CREW WAS SAWING TIMBER WITH HYD CHAIN SAW, EMPL WAS STANDING CLOSE BY WAITING TO SET TIMBER SOME SAW DUST FROM SAW HIT HIM IN EYE.

April 25, 1990 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
John B Harris Inc · Accident type, without injuries

CONTIN. MINER WAS COMPLETELY COVERED BY ROOF FALL. INVESTIGATION REVEALED UNDETECTED ROOF SLIP THAT WAS 20' WIDE 8' TO 2' THICK & UNDETERMINED LENGTH THAT FELL WHILE NO ONE WAS WORKING IN VIC INITY.

April 12, 1990 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
John B Harris Inc · Struck by falling object

SETTING BOLTS A PART ROOF FELL BETWEEN THE T BAR OF ATRS AND THE SAFETY POST HITTING OPER ON HEAD AND L ARM

March 8, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
John B Harris Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIGHTENING JACK ON BELT CONVEY JACK SLIPPED A NOTCH, JACK AHNDLE STRUCK HIM IN RIBS

February 14, 1990 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
John B Harris Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRAINING BELT BY TIGHTEWNING L JACK ON TAIL PC JACK JUMPED TOOTH HANDLE OF JACK FLEW BACK HIT CHEST BRUISING CHEST MUSCLES ACROSS UPPER IBS ON L SIDE

1989 · 4 incidents

December 7, 1989 WV · Coal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
John B Harris Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE INJURED WAS WALKING DOWN THE HILL TO THE SHOP FROM THE BATHHOUSE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL, FLOLDING LEFT LEG BACK UNDER BODY CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT KNEE.

October 13, 1989 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
John B Harris Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS LOADING CABLE ON THE BOOM OF AN 11CM JOY MINER WHEN HIS LEFT HAND WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE ROOF AND THE MINER BOOM. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND.

September 21, 1989 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider MACHINERY
John B Harris Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS LOADING MINER CABLE WHEN MINER MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY STRIKING MINER IN RIGHT KNEE & KNOCKING HIM DOWN. KNEE LATER SWELLED & INJURED REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION.

July 31, 1989 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
John B Harris Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE NOTIFIED ME OF SORENESS DEVELOPING IN THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND AND A LOCKING OF THE TENDONS ON HIS RING FINGER ON OR ABOUT 2-1-89. SINCE THAT TIME, THE SORENESS AND TENDON LOCKING HAVE WOR SENED. TO DATE, HE HAS NOT MISSED ANY WORK AS A RESULT OF THE CONDITION, BUT THE WORSENING MAY HAVE DEVELOPED FROM HIS CONTINUOUS OPERATION OF A REMOTE CONTROL PANEL ON A CONTINUOUS MINER.

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