Mining Incidents

Burn Coal Inc Mine #1Coal

Burn Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Phillip E Burnside
Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608561
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
2000–2006
Latest incident
Feb 2006
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

2006 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall was discovered during the weekly examinations in the primary intake escapeway 1 block outby Station No 105. The fall measures approximately 30' ling x 17' wide x 5' high. The fall will not be cleaned up. An alternate primary escapeway entry will be designated and properly identified with reflective indicators.

2005 · 3 incidents

Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall occurred on the piller lise of the a-1 panel in the pinch out of the block 38. The contusion miner was covered op. Height of fall can not be determined

Unclassified, insufficient data

A customer came to the mine to get a load of house coal. After being loaded, he walked around the truck and fell over at the driver side door. A witness saw him laying on the ground and tried to assist him; another called 911.

Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND AT 4:00PM BY A WEEKLY EXAMINE ON THE A RIGHT BREAKER ENTRY, E BLOCK, INBY SPAD HO622. THE FALL WAS 20' DEEP, 20' WIDE AND 7' HIGH. ROOF SUPPORT WAS 6' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS WITH 8"" PLATES. DATE OF DEVELOPMENT WAS 12/30/02

2004 · 4 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LIFTING HYD OIL CANS OFF OF THE LITTLE MAC. WHEN HE TWISTED, HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE.

Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN THE INTAKE AIR COURSE BY THE WEEKLY EXAMINER ON 9/8/04. THE FALL WAS 80' LONG, 18' WIDE, 10' HIGH. ROOF SUPPORT IN THIS AREA WAS 5' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS. DATE OF DEVELOPMENT 10/13/2000.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PICKING UP A BUNDLE OF WOODEN WEDGES WHICH WAS PARTLY UNDER THE EDGE OF THE S/S SCOOP BUCKET. THE SCOOP BUCKET CAME DOWN AND SMASHED AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE SLIPPED ON THE ICE, CUTTING HIS RIGHT FOREARM AT THE CONTROL TOWER.

2003 · 5 incidents

Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND AT 1:00 AM ON 12-01-03, 1 BLOCK INBY SPAD #117 IN #6 ENTRY OF THE MAINS, # 6 ENTRY WAS AN IDLE ENTRY. THE FALL WAS 50' LONG 10' HIGH, 18' WIDE IN A 4 WAY INTERSECTION. TH E ROOF SUPPORT WAS 4 AND 5"" FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS. THE DATE OF DEVELOPMENT WAS 4-25-2000.

Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON 11-14-03 IN THE ROOMS FROM 3 RIGHT TO 4 RIGHT TO THE #6 ENTRY AT SPAD NO. 751. THE FALL WAS 40' LONG, 16' WIDE, 12' HIGH, IN A 4 WAY INTERSECTION. ROOF CONTROL USED WAS 6"" FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS WITH 2 ROWS OF POST. DATE OF DEVELOPMENT WAS OCT 24, 2003.

Accident type, without injuries

AT 7:20 PM ON 11/5/03 A ROOF FALL WAS FOUND IN THE ROOMS FROM 3 RIGHT TO 4 RIGHT, 2 BLOCKS INBY SPAD# 743 IN #7 ENTRY. THE FALL WAS IN A 3-WAY INTERSECTION. BOLTED WITH 6'FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS WITH STRAPS. THE FALL WAS 20'LONG, 16'WIDE, 10'HIGH. DATE OF DEVELOPMENT WAS OCT. 15, 2003.

Accident type, without injuries

ON THE 3 RIGHT SECTION, TO THE ROOMS TO THE RIGHT, WE CUT INTO A 36"" AUGER HOLE THAT WAS NOT ON THE MAPS, 92' INBY SPAD NO. 730.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS HELPING ON A POWER MOVE, WHILE HANGING THE MINER CABLE HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

2002 · 5 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SHOVELING A GOB OUT, AT #4 BELT HEAD. HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SETTING A SCREW ON THE SURFACE AT ODYSSEY ENERGY MINE #1. AS HE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM UNHOOKING THE CABLES OFF THE SCREEN HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A JOY SHUTTLE CAR. WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE HAUL ROAD HE JAMMED HIS HEAD AND SHOULDER INTO THE CANOPY.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS UNLOADING POST FROM SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE PULLED HIS BACK. HE FIRST WENT TO THE DR ON 7-26-02. EE WAS NOT INFORMED OF ACCIDENT UNTIL 8-5-02.

Struck by flying object

FILED FOR COMPLIANCE ONLY. ISLAND FORK CONSTRUCTION WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY INJURY UNTIL 7-12-02. FOREIGN BODY TO EYE. PIECE OF DIRT.

2001 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A SLIGHTLY BENT-OVER POSITION WALKING, WHEN HE TRIPPED ON THE MINER CABLE AND FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR ONTO HIS KNEES AND HANDS. EE CLAIMS HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE, RESULTING IN DISCOMFORT AND SORENESS. EE WORKED THE REMAINING FOUR HOURS OF HIS SHIFT.

2000 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS INA SLIGHTLY BENT-OVER POSITION, REACHED IN AND PULLED UP ON THE BOOM SWING LEVER TO SWING BOOM OUTWARDS TOWARD THE RIB. IN DOING SO, A SHORT DRILL STEEL FELL FROM THE TRAY, WENT IN UNDER THE LEVER, PREVENTING THE LEVER TO SELF CENTER, THE BOOM KEPT SWINGING AND CAUGHT THE EE BETWEEN THE CANOPY AND COAL RIB, RESULTING IN CONTUSION, SPRAIN/STRAIN TO LEFT RIB CAGE AND MID

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS IN A STANDING POSITION, REACHING FOR A 6"" X 6"" ROOF PLATE WHEN HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CAME IN CONTACT WITH A SHARP EDGE ON THE ROOF PLATE RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THE KNUCKLE ARE A.