Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
STEPPING OFF PUSH ARM ON DOZER, LEFT FOOT HOOKED IN TREAD PLATE AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE. EXPECTED TO RETURN ON 8/23.
Holden No 22 Surface MineCoal
Rio Group Inc · Surface
Controlled by Richard H Abraham
HOLDEN, Logan County, WV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608584
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2001–2002
- Latest incident
- Aug 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2002 · 3 incidents
Fall from machine
WHEN EE WAS DISMOUNTING COAL TRUCK HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM ATTACHED LADDER. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL BACKWARD ONTO THE GROUND. THUS, RESULTING IN CONTUSIONS TO HIS RIGHT SIDE & A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT ARM.
2001 · 2 incidents
Struck against a moving object
DRIVER STATED SOMETHING BROKE ON TRUCK GOING DOWN HILL AND LET TRUCK FREE WHEEL AND BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP TRUCK, SO HE TURNED IT OVER.
Struck against a moving object
AS TRUCK WAS CLIMBING HILL TO DUMP HIS LOAD TRUCK CAME OUT OF GEAR AND DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH BRAKESTO HOLD ON HILL, DRIVER STATED HE TRIED TO GET IT IN REVERSE BUT COULDN'T, LOST CONTROL AND WENT OVER EMBANKMENT.