Mining Incidents

No 13 MineCoal

Long Branch Energy · Underground
Wharton, Boone County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608407
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
30
Years on record
2000–2003
Latest incident
Jan 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

30 on file

2003 · 1 incident

No Value Found

EE STATED THAT HE WAS DUMPING LOAD. MATERIAL STUCK IN BED AND CAUSED LOAD TO TILT TO THE RIGHT AND TURNED OVER. EE WAS MOVED AROUND IN CAB, CAUSING PAIN IN HIS BACK.

2002 · 10 incidents

Fall from machine

EE WAS WORKING ON THE SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL, INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE & BACK.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND UNDER PULL ROPE & IT TIGHTENED UP AGAINST THE BELT ROLLER - THUS BREAKING HIS FINGER.

Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING A TAIL ROLLER ON THE MINERWHEN A SHUTTLE CAR CAME AROUND THE CORNER AND STRUCK HIM.

Struck by falling object

WHILE REPAIRING CONTINUOUS MINER, A RIPPER JACK FELL ON EE'S R. FOOT.

Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE CLOSED THE BREAKER ON THE #3 SHUTTLE CAR. WHEN HE CLOSED THE BREAKER, THE BREAKER AND CATHEAD ARCED, BURNING HIS RIGHT HAND.

Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING SCOOP BATTERY TO CHARGER. HE CONNECTED ONE SIDE TO CHARGER. WHEN HE CONNECTED THE OTHER SIDE, IT ARCHED, BURNING HIS LEFT EYE.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS HANGING WATER LINE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE FOREMAN: EE WERE CARRYING PIPE FROM THE RETURN TO #1 BELT. HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE & FELL.

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS PULLING ON FEEDER CABLE WITH HIS HEAD DOWN, RAN INTO A SAIL ANCHOR WITH HIS HEAD.

Struck by falling object

A PIECE PF COAL 2"" THICK BY 2' WIDE BY 4' LONG FELL ON EMPLOYEE'S HAND, CATCHING HAND AGAINST TAILPIECE.

2001 · 5 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE MAKING A POWER MOVE, EE LIFTED A HIGH-VOLTAGE CABLE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER. COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED BY MAIL (WORKER'S COMP) ON 11-3-01.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STACKING BOTTOM BELT ROLLERS. ROLLER FELLFROM TOP OF STACK AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN TWO ROLLERS INJURING THE 4TH FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING ON A PIECE OF OLD BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS GRANTED AN AWARD OF 5% PARTIAL DISABILITYFOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ENTERING MANTRIP WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT LEG BETWEEN THE SEATS.

2000 · 14 incidents

Struck by falling object

RIB ROLLED OFF STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT ANKLE AREA.

Struck against a moving object

EE GOT INTO SHUTTLE CAR TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY. WHGILE TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR, HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY, JARRING HIS HIP.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON SECTION WHEN HE SLIPPED,TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE.

Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON THE #4 ENTRY @ CROSSCUT #16 INBY SPAD #82. THE FALL MEASURED 19FT X40FTX4-5FT THICK WHILE MSHA WAS IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED THIS REPORT WAS INADVERTENTLY NOT SUBME TTED

Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS AWARDED 5% BENEFITS FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 9-11-00.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE CLAIMS TO HAVE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE SHOVELING NO. BELT DRIVE.

Struck by falling object

WHILE CHANING A SHUTTLE CAR TIRE, THE TIRE FELL ON EE LEFT FOOT.

Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING 31 SHUTTLE CAR EMPLOYEE RAN OVER A CRIB BLOCK THAT WAS IN A WATER HOLE, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY AND INJURE HIS NECK.

Fall down stairs

EE WAS WASHING THE STEPS ON SIDE OF OFFICE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN THE STAIRS.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BELT. HE WAS IN A KNEELING POSITION. WHEN HE STOOD UP, HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS GRANTED A 5% AWARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 5-9-00.

Struck by falling object

WHILE ROOF BOLTING A PORTION OF RIB ROLLED OFF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S BACK, LEGS AND CAUSED HIS NOSE TO BE PUSHED INTO DRILL HEAD. HE ALSO BIT HIS TOUNGE.

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A SITTING POSITION WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO STAND UP, HIS KNEE POPPED OUT OF PLACE. HE STATED THAT THIS WAS PROBABLY FROM PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR TEN YEARS. WHETHER THIS IS MINE REL ATED IS QUESTIONABLE.

Struck against a moving object

EE INADVERTENLY STRUCK A HOLE IN THE MINE FLOOR WHLE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR. EE THEN STRUCK HISHEAD AGAINST SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY