Mining Incidents

No. 3 Mine Coal

Hillside Mining Company · Underground
Clothier, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608211

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1993–1994
Latest incident
Apr 1994
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
2
inspections on record
29
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 29 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1994 · 4 incidents

April 20, 1994 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Long Branch Energy · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER BACKED TRUCK INTO HOLE AND TURNED OVER ONSIDE.

March 3, 1994 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Long Branch Energy · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LOADING MINE POST INTO BUCKET OF SCOOP A POST ROLLED OFF PILE AND STRUCK EE LEFT KNEE PINNING KNEE BETWEEN OUT AND SCOOP BUCKET.

February 16, 1994 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Long Branch Energy · Struck against stationary object

EE RAN OVER A ROCK WHILE TRAVELING INTAKE AIR COURSE IN A 4 WHEEL BATTERY OPERATED MANTRIP WHEN MANTRIP STRUCK THE ROCK EE BOUNCED OUT OF SEAT AND CAME DOWN ON HIS CAR LIGHT BATTERY THE BLOW C AVED BRUISE OF RIGHT KIDNEY AND POSSIBLE MUSCLE STRAIN.

February 3, 1994 WV · Coal scoop car operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Long Branch Energy · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING MINE ELECTRICAN PERFORM REPAIRS ON ROOF DRILL. WHILE TURNING BOLT ON ROOF DRILL WRENCH SLIPPED & EMPLOYEE FELL ON PILE OF ROOF BOLT PLATES. FALL RESULTED IN CUT OF RIGHT WRIST.

1993 · 7 incidents

August 20, 1993 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Long Branch Energy · Struck against a moving object

AT THE EVENING SHIFT CREW LEFT THE SECTION AT THE END OF THEIR SHIFT ON 8-20-93. THE LONG AIRDOX 3-WHEEL MANTRIP ENCOUNTED ROUGH ROADWAY. THE MANTRIP STRUCK A POT HOLE AND CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO BOUNCE FROM HIS SEAT. AS HE RETURNED TO THE SEAT, HE INJURED HIS LOW BACK.

July 25, 1993 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Long Branch Energy · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRAVELING ALL BELT LINET IN ORDER TO OBSERVE BELT SENSOR LINE. A ROCK WAS FOUND ON SENVOR LINE 7 CROSSCUT INBY NO. 2 BELT DRIVE THE EE WHILE SITTING A MAN TRIP REACHED OVER TO REMOVE TH E ROCK AND SACK INJURY OCCURRED.

March 23, 1993 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Long Branch Energy · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 21 S/C SHUTTLE CAR AND WAS TRAVELING FROM THE FEEDER CRUSHER TO THE CONTINUOUS MINER. AS HE APPROACHED THE MINER, THE SHUTTLE CAR ROOFED AND TORE DOWN A FLYBOARD. THE FLYBOARD SWUNG AROUND AND STRUCK THE OPERATOR IN THE HEAD.

March 21, 1993 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Long Branch Energy · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING 5 GAL. BUCKET OF STOPPING SEALANT. WHILE CARRYING MATERIAL EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED AND CAUSED HIS RIGHT KNEE TO BE TWISTED.

February 18, 1993 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Long Branch Energy · Struck by falling object

WHILE DUMPING COAL AT THE FEEDER/BREAKER, A ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF AND STRUCK THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR'S RIGHT HAND.

January 28, 1993 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Long Branch Energy · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE INJURED LOW BACK WHILE PULLING MINER CABLE IN NO.5 ENTRY OF SE MAINS NEAR NO 2 BELT DRIVE.

January 20, 1993 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Long Branch Energy · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE OPERATING A HYDRAULIC HAND DRILL OFF THE HDRAULIC SYSTEM OF A S&S FEEDER, THE EMPLOYEE CRUSHED RIGHT FOREARM BETWEEN THE FEEDER BOOM AND THE MINE ROOF.