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Coalburg 7a Coal

Laurel Coal Corp · Underground

Controlled by Pearson Frank-Wendel Bias

Holden, Logan County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4608566

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 9
Years on record: 1997–1998
Latest incident: Feb 1998

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1998 · 1 incident

February 2, 1998 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Laurel Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

FALL OF ROOF 25 FT OUTBY SPAD #424 IN #3 ENTRY OF #4 BELT LINE. FALL IS WHERE ROOF CHANGES FROM SLATE TO SANDSTONE APPROX. 30' X 16' X 40" THICK. FALL IN IN UNUSED NEUTRAL ENTRY 700 FT FROM WO RKING SECTION.

1997 · 8 incidents

December 5, 1997 WV · Coal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY

Laurel Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MAKING A SPLICE IN A WATER LINE, A METAL BAND WAS STUCK IN THE MACHINE. AS HE WAS PULLING IT OUT OF THE MACHINE THE BAND CUT HIS FINGER.

October 30, 1997 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Laurel Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

VICTIM TRIPPED OVER BUGGY CABLE TURNING ANKLE.

October 23, 1997 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS

Laurel Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GPF-FILED FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

October 22, 1997 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS

Laurel Coal Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GPF-APPLICATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.

July 22, 1997 WV · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Laurel Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ALONG THE CONVEYOR BELT AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

April 29, 1997 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE

Laurel Coal Corp · Struck by rolling or sliding object

SHUTTLE CAR WAS STUCK UP AND A SCOOP WITH A WINCH WAS BEING USED TO PULL SHUTTLE CAR AROUND. FLOOR UNDERNEATH SHUTTLE CAR GAVE WAY AND CAR SLID SUDDENLY, STRIKING EMPS LEFT LEG.

April 11, 1997 WV · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales MACHINERY

Laurel Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER WHEN IT KICKED BACK AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT THIGH AREA CAUSING AN ABRASION. IT LATER BECAME INFECTED CAUSING HIM TO LOSE WORK.

January 27, 1997 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Laurel Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CLEANING DUST OUT OF BOLT MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK.