Mining Incidents

Ramp Run Surface Mine Coal

Vencill Corp · Surface
Controlled by Delmer S Vencill
Widen, Clay County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607782

MSHA record for Ramp Run Surface Mine (mine ID 4607782). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1991–1994
Latest incident
Jun 1994
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1994 · 2 incidents

June 24, 1994 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vencill Corp · Fall onto or against objects

DURING LUNCH BREAK EMPOYEE LOST BALANCE & FELL INTO HANDLE OF SHOVEL HELD BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE

January 17, 1994 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vencill Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

AFTER WORK SHIFT ENDED, EMPLOYEE WAS OBSERVING A GROUP OF MEN TRYING TO PUSH A VEHICLE OUT OF A DITCH. WHILE WALKING AROUND, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

1993 · 2 incidents

April 29, 1993 WV · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Vencill Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE OPERATING AUGER, A HYDRAULIC LINE BROKE SPREADING HOT OIL ON FACT AND EYES.

February 11, 1993 WV · Coal cleanup man, cleanup worker FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Vencill Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ROCK NEXT TO HIGHWALL INTO LOADER BUCKET. HIGHWALL WAS THAWING & ROCK FELL OFF & HIT TMPLOYEE ON HARD HAT THEN ON NECK &LEFT SHOULDER.

1992 · 1 incident

September 9, 1992 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vencill Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TAKING TRACK OFF DOZER,THE TRACK FOLDED UP CATCHING EMPL LEFT HAND BETWEEN PADS.

1991 · 4 incidents

December 9, 1991 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Vencill Corp · Struck against a moving object

THREE EMPLOYEES WERE ENTERING THE JOB PREPARING FOR THE SHIFT TO BEGIN AT 6:00 PM. WHILE RIDING IN A COMPANY PICKUP TRUCK, TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INJURED WHEN THE TRUCK STRUCK A ROCK WHICH WAS IN THE ROADWAY.

December 9, 1991 WV · Coal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Vencill Corp · Struck against a moving object

THREE EMPLOYEES WERE ENTERING THE JOB PREPARING FOR THE SHIFT TO BEGIN AT 6:00 PM. WHILE RIDING IN A COMPANY PICKUP TRUCK, TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INJURED WHEN THE TRUCK STRUCK A ROCK WHICK WAS IN THE ROADWAY.

November 14, 1991 WV · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vencill Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AUGER OPERATOR COMPLAINED OF HIP HURTING BECAUSE HE HAD CLIMBED UP AND DOWN ON THE AUGER.

June 12, 1991 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Vencill Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF OF DOZE,R STEPPED ON A ROCK AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN THE TOP OF FOOT.

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