Mining Incidents

No 1 Strip Coal

Edwards Holding Inc · Surface
Controlled by Walls Melisa
Thorpe, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608360

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1994–1995
Latest incident
Mar 1995
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1995 · 1 incident

March 16, 1995 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Edwards Holding Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AN AUGER FELL AND MASHED HIS LEG BETWEEN AUGER AND AUGER SLED. THIS BROKE HIS LEFT ABOVE HIS ANKLE.

1994 · 1 incident

October 14, 1994 WV · Coal driller, highwall helper, highwall drill helper MACHINERY
Edwards Holding Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING DRILL AND DOOR SHUT UP ON OPERATOR RIGHT THUMB. BROKE THE SKIN AND BROKE FIRST JOINT IN THUMB. THUMB NAIL WAS LOOSE.