Mining Incidents

KIAH CREEK PREPARATION PLANTCoal

Controlled by James H Booth
Dunlow, Wayne County, WV · NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4607809
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
28
Years on record
2000–2013
Latest incident
Feb 2013
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

28 on file

2013 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Refuse bin gate was frozen. While using a hammer to free the gate, he struck the ring finger on his left hand.

2012 · 3 incidents

Fall down stairs

Traveling down a set of steps, fell, injured his left knee and right shoulder.

Struck against a moving object

while lowering the bucket on the loader, it stopped half way down jarring him.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While removing steel out of RC4 belt, he mashed his hand on a roller.

2011 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated that while dismounting the slate truck, his foot slipped from the bottom step, injuring his shoulder.

2010 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking down a slight degree slope after it had been raining while carrying a tool bag that weighed about 10 lbs. He slipped on mud and twisted while trying to catch himself to keep from falling.

2009 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee states that while lifting a sieve, he pulled a muscle in his left shoulder. (Started missing work on 3/5/09).

2008 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee stated that while lifting a shive screen, he injured his abdomen and right testicle.

2007 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee stated that while lifting a 5 gallon bucket of material, she felt pain in her arm and shoulder.

2006 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

Employee stated that while operating the 95 Kamatsu end-loader, he backed over the berm and turned it over on it's side.

2005 · 3 incidents

Struck against a moving object

OPERATING HAUL TRUCK. GROUND WAS NOT LEVEL WHERE EE WAS DUMPING AND THE TRUCK TURNED OVER.

Struck against a moving object

Driver ran over truck in ditch and layed truck over.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee stated that while helping lift a pipe from the belt magnet he felt pain in his lower back. (Employee continued working, started missing on 3-13-05.)

2004 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE LIFTING A BARREL OF STONEHARD (MORTAR) HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. (WORKED THROUGH 7-15-04. STARTED MISSING 7-16-04).

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A ROCK OUT OF THE RAW COAL SHOOT AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. (STARTED MISSING WORK ON 6/1/04.)

2003 · 2 incidents

Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE SUFFERED FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES WHILE WELDING.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRUCK PULLED UP TO LOADER, I HOLLOW ON THE CB RADIO AND ASK THE BOYS IF THEY WERE EXPECTING SOMPANY. I STEP OUT OF THE LOADER, AND THEY GET OUT OF THE TRUCK AND STARTED THROWING ROCKS, THEN I STARTED TO GET BACK IN THE LOADER THATS WHEN I FELL AND CAUGHT6 MYSELF OVER THE LOADER BY ONE ARM.

2002 · 4 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A SCRAP BIN. AS HE LIFTED ONE END UP TO GET THE BIN MOVING HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK & DOWN HIS LEFT LEG.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATED THAT WHILE PUTTING A SCREEN UNDER THE RAW COAL BELT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HAULING A DRYER BASKET IN A BOBCAT & BASKET TURNED. BASKET ROLLED ON EE'S FOOT WHEN HE GOT OUT TO RESET THE LOAD.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING WHEN HE SLIPPED ON AN ICY METAL SURFACE OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR OF THE PREP. PLANT. HE FELL TO THE GROUND AND IN THE PROCESS SPRAINED HIS RT. WRIST. EE CONTINUED TO WORK AND COMPLETED HIS NORMAL SHIFT. HOWEVER HE WAS UNABLE TO WORK ON JAN. 4TH, 2002 (FIRST SHIFT MISSED AS A RESULT OF ACCIDENT).

2001 · 3 incidents

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS REMOVING METAL FROM R.C. FLUME WHEN A JAGGED PIECE OF METAL CUT THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE SAID HE HURT HIS SHOULDER GETTING INTO THE TRUCK.

Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE BACKED HIS COAL TRUCK INTO THE INDERGROUND FEEDER.

2000 · 4 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING BOAT OUT OF BACK OF TRUCK. BEGAN EXPERIENCING BACK PAIN, FIRST LOST WORK DAY WAS 9/21/00.

Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS RIGGING STEEL AND SLIPPED ON X-BRACING AND FELL.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

SHOVELING REFUSE BELT, BACK STARTED HURTING. FIRST LOST WORKDAY IS 6-26-00, INJURY NOT OTHERWISE REPORTABLE.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

USING ROD TO DISLODGE ROCK IN CHUTE, LEANED OVER CHUTE AND BEGAN EXPERIENCING LOWER BACK PAIN. FIRST WORK DAY LOST IS 3-22-00. INJURY IS OTHERWISE NOT REPORTABLE.