Mining Incidents

Frontier Mine Coal

Controlled by Mc Kinney Carlton Jr
Valley Point, Preston County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607733

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1990–1992
Latest incident
Mar 1992
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1992 · 4 incidents

March 22, 1992 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bull Run Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL #6 ENTRY OF SECTION 001-0 MAINS-LAST OPEN CROSS CUT 3 WAY INTERSECTION-FOUND ON FIREBOSS RUN 3-22-92 11:00PM-3'-6' THICK APPROX 20' WIDE & 26' LONG 4' 5' AND 6' BOLTS USED DURING DE VELOPMENT-NO CLEAN UP PROCESS PLANNED.

January 23, 1992 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bull Run Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR HAD CABLE INTO-PULLED OFF SLACK OFF BUGGY REEL AND SPRAINED BACK. EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.

January 16, 1992 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bull Run Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PERSON WAS LOADING SUPPLIES ON ROOF BOLTER IN #5 ENTRY ON 001 SECTION AND HAD ARM LOAD OF ROOF BOLTS AND TURNED AND SLIPPED ON WET ROCK ON PAREMENT. CONDITIONS WERE & MUDDY HEIGHT OF COAL WAS APPROX. 48" WHERE ACCIDENT OCCURRED PERSON TWISTED KNEE JOINT.

January 6, 1992 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Bull Run Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TOWARD TOOL CAR CARRYING A CRIB BLOCK-WAS BENT OVER IN APPROX. 50" HEIGHT CROSS-CUT & RAN HEAD INTO ROOF BOLT THAT HAD A 2" THICK 1 HOLE BOARD ON IT. THE BOLT CREATED A PL ACE OF APPROX. 47" HIGH-HE WALKED HEAD 1ST INTO THE BOLT JAMMING HIS NECK WHICH HAS CHEATED LOWER BACK PAIN.

1991 · 7 incidents

December 13, 1991 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) STRIKING OR BUMPING
Bull Run Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HANDING BROWL OFFSET IN MINE ROOF, WALKING IN 5 ENTRY TOWARD FACE JAMMED HEAD INTO BRAWL

November 29, 1991 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bull Run Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING DOWN INCLINE INTO PIT OF SURFACE AREA,TRIPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

November 27, 1991 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bull Run Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL ON MIDNIGHT SHIFT LAST OPEN X-CUT 3 BLKS INBY FEEDER ON 001 SECTION.WAS BOLTED WITH 48" AND EXTRA 72" BOLTS.NEW COMPANY SAFETY POLICY IS USE 50-60" BOLTS AND EXTRA 72"BOLTS.

July 17, 1991 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bull Run Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS REMOVING A LARGE ROCK FROM A COAL TRANFER POINT. WHEN IT SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE COAL SHOOT.

January 3, 1991 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bull Run Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE LIFTING A CROSSBAR, THE FELLOW ON THE OTHER END OF THE CROSSBAR SLIPPED. THE END I WAS HOLDING THEN FELL TO THE PAVEMENT SMASHING MY MIDDLE FINGER.

1990 · 3 incidents