Mining Incidents

Cherry Knoll No 3 Coal

Controlled by Joseph C Turley III
Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607730

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1990–1991
Latest incident
Dec 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

December 6, 1991 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CRAWL OVER A TRAILING CABLE TO A 21 SC NEAR A ANCHORED POINT AREA. SHUTTLE CAR RECOILED CABLE STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH AND NOSE AREA. LACERATION TO NOSE AREA A ND DISLODGING TEETH.

February 28, 1991 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE USING A WELDING SHIELD AN EMPLOYEE GOT METAL IN HIS EYE DURING WELDING.

1990 · 5 incidents

September 18, 1990 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

A ROLL OF BELT WAS CHAINED TO THE 930 LOADER BUCKET. THE CHAIN CAME UNHOOKED AND THE BELT FELL FROM THE LOADER PUSHING INJURED MAN BACK.

September 14, 1990 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss STRIKING OR BUMPING
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE BUMPED MOUTH ON SIDE OF SCOOP AND KNOCKED BRIDGE WITH 3 TEETH OUT.

June 8, 1990 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE VENTILATION CURTAIN WITH COAL PILED ON IT.HE WAS NOT AWARE HE HAD HURT HIMSELF AND THOUGHT HE WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK DUE TO CHEST PAIN.

January 24, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE OPERATING ROOFBOLTER,ROCK FELL FROM ROOF CATCHING EMPL HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND MACHINE.E