Mining Incidents

Mine No 165 Coal

Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Underground
Cannelton, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607796

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1990–1999
Latest incident
Mar 1999
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1999 · 1 incident

March 11, 1999 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

STATE WORKER'S COMPENSATION AWARD-PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

1998 · 9 incidents

October 24, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED THAT WHILE PLASTERING A STOPPING HE TOOK HIS GLOVES OFF THE WIPE HIS FACE. WHILE WIPING HIS FACE, HE GOT SOME SEALANT IN HIS EYE.

October 12, 1998 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATED WHILE HANGING THE MINER CABLE IN #2 ENTRY, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

September 17, 1998 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Struck by flying object

EE STATED THAT WHILE TIGHTENING A ROOF BOLT, A 3/4" ROTATION HOSE BURST. OIL FROM THE BURST HOSESTRUCK HIM IN THE PALM OF THE RIGHT HAND, RESULTING IN A LACERATION.

August 25, 1998 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED THAT WHILE USING A WRENCH ON A 1/2" DRIVE RATCHET, THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON THE MOUTH, RESULTING IN STITCHES.

August 12, 1998 WV · Coal electrician, lineman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Struck against stationary object

EE STATED THAT WHILE CROSSING UNDER #2 BELT HE STEPPED ON A 6X6 SQUARE POST WHERE A BRIDGE WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED. THE TIMBER TURNED WITH HIM CAUSING HIM TO TURN HIS ANKLE

August 2, 1998 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Struck by falling object

EE STATED THAT WHILE MOVING METAL STRAPS ON THE BOLTER, A STRAP FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT EAR.

July 31, 1998 WV · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Struck against stationary object

EE STATED THAT WHILE GETTING INTO A SCOOP, HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE FRAME RESULTING IN A CONTUSION TO THE KNEE.

July 23, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Struck against a moving object

EE STATED THAT WHILE TRAMMING HIS SHUTTLE CAR TO THE FACE, HE RAN INTO A HOLE. THIS CAUSED THE SHUTTLE CAR TO BOUNCE HIM INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE CANOPY.

July 2, 1998 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RT FOOT WAS WASHED BY OUTRIGGER ON BOOM TRUCK.

1990 · 1 incident

April 25, 1990 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
C N Wilcher Mining · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FREE A MINER STUCK IN THE MUD AT THE FACE OF #3 ENTRY, MAINS SECTION, THE VICTIM GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MINER BOOM AND THE RIB.