INJURED MAN WAS DRILLING A HOLE FOR ROOF BOLT INSTALLATION WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIS DRILLER CANOPY AND BROKE OFF STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOREARM.
No 44 MineCoal
Top Notch Enterprises, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by MELISSA CLINE
Keystone, Mcdowell County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608328
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2001–2002
- Latest incident
- Feb 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file2002 · 2 incidents
Struck by falling object
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED MAN WAS DROPPING DRILL BOOM DOWN AFTER INSTALLING A ROOFBOLT. THE DRILL WRENCH BECAME LODGED AGAINST BOOM AND PUSHED THE WRENCH DOWN AGAINST HIS UPPER LEG.
2001 · 4 incidents
Struck by falling object
A PIECE OF ROCK SLID OFF THE ATRS & STRUCK EE INTHE FACE.
Struck by falling object
EE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL & STRUCK LT. HAND. CO. WAS NOTIFIED OF ACCIDENT WHEN EMPLOYER RECEIVED WORKER'S COMPENSATION FORM ON 10-17-01.
Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EE WAS MIXING BLOCK BOND TO PLASTER A STOPPING. HE DROPPED THE BAG AND BLOCK BOND FLEW INTO HIS FACE & EYES. EE WAS NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL 9-27-01 WHEN HIS WORKERS' COMP. FORM WAS RECEIVED.
Struck against stationary object
EE WAS WALKING IN CONVEYOR ENTRY WHEN HE STRUCK A SAIL BOAT (CONVEYOR ANCHOR) LACERATION TO HIS FACE. EMPLOYER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF INJURY UNTIL 8/6/01