Mining Incidents

Donager No 1 Mine Coal

Divita Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by B Douglas Divita
Lizemores, Clay County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608308

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1993–1994
Latest incident
Aug 1994
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1994 · 5 incidents

August 10, 1994 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Divita Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SCOOP WAS HUNG UP IN A HOLE EMPLOYEE HAD BUCKET DOWN WITH WHEELS RAISED TO PUT BLOCKS UNDER WHEEL HE WAS OUT OF SCOOP LEANED OVER IN SCOOP TO LET BUCKET OVER ON BLOCKS & SET SCOOP DECK DOWN ON HIS FOOT

June 22, 1994 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Divita Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

RUNNING S/C & HIT HEAD AGAINST MINE ROOF

June 22, 1994 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Divita Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ST ATED HE WAS ON ONE KNEE & HAD HOLD OF MINE CABLE TO MOVE OUT OF WAY & PICKED UP AN CABLE & HURT HIS BACK

January 12, 1994 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Gold River Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING BESIDE THE REAR OF THE MINER WHEN THE BOOM MOVED & PINNED HIM AGAINST THE RIB

1993 · 9 incidents

December 22, 1993 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Gold River Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND RESTING ON THE CANOPY JACK EXTENSIONS AND AS HE WAS LETTING DOWN THE DRILL HEAD THE DRILL HEAD BOOM CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND.

December 20, 1993 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Gold River Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS INSTALLING A 1X6X16FT FLY BOARD WHEN IT FELL OFF THE CANOPY & STRUCK HIS RT HAND & RT SHOULDER

December 3, 1993 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gold River Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS OPERATING THE #2 STANDARD CAR AND WAS TURNING ONTO THE FEEDER WHEN THE STEERING PIN CAME OUT OF THE LINKAGE CAUSING HIM TO HIT THE RIB. THEREFORE CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS BACK AND CHEST AREA.

November 17, 1993 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Gold River Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS OPERATING THE PINNER AND HAD STARTEDHIS DRILL STEEL AND BEFORE HE COULD MOVE HIS ARM SLATE FELL AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT WRIST.

October 30, 1993 WV · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gold River Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS PUTTING THE GUARD ON THE BUCKET OF THE END LOADER WHEN THE LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLIP OFF THE LOADER BUCKET. STRIKING HIS LEFT EAR AND THEN STRUCK HIS BACK ON HIS LEFT SIDE POSSIBLE BRUI SED AND RIBS.

August 27, 1993 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gold River Mining Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE CUTTING METAL FOR GUARD ON END LOADER, EE HAD AREA AROUND HIS LEFT EYE BURNED WITH A HOT PIECE OF METAL.

August 26, 1993 WV · Coal scoop car operator MACHINERY
Gold River Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE HE WAS OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTER, HE WAS INT HE PROCESS OF DRILLING A HOLE WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE SLID DOWN THE DRILL STEEL AND STRUCK TH ELITTLE FINGE RON HIS LEFT HAND.