Mining Incidents

No 52 MineCoal

Energy Plus Inc · Underground
Controlled by Thomas W Lusk
Keystone, Mcdowell County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608604
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
Dec 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2002 · 13 incidents

Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING TO SET TIMBERS FOR LAST LIFT THAT HAD BEEN MINED WHEN A KETTLE BOTTOM TURNED LOOSE IN THE TOP AND STRUCK HIM ON LOWER HALF OF BODY.

Struck against a moving object

HAULER STOPPED SUDDENLY

Over-exertion in lifting objects

LOADING RESIN ONTO BOLTER, LEFT SIDE LOWER BACK.

Contact with hot objects or substances

UNDER SCOOP WELDING WHEN SLAG POPPED UNDER WELDING SHIELD. HIT IN LEFT EYE.

Flash burns (electric)

COAL HAULER OPERATOR WENT TO CHANGE BATTERIES AND PLUGGED JUMPER CABLE TO FIRST SET OF BATTERIES FIRST AND WHEN HE PLUGGED THE OTHER END UP IT WENT TO GROUND IN HAULER END OF PLUG AND BLEW UP IN HIS FACE.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE COAL FEEDER CONVEYOR WAS HUNG UP, IT WAS BEING CLEARED. THE EMPLOYEE HAD HIS FOOT IN CONVEYOR & THE CHAIN WAS REVERSED. THE EMPLOYEE'S WERE TOLD THE CHAIN WAS GOING TO BE RAN, THEN THE MAN 'S FOOT GOT RAN UNDER GUARD AT TAILSHAFT.

Struck against stationary object

JAMMED HEAD IN TOP WHILE RIDING GOLF CART.

Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN RIB AND BOLTS APPROX 8' BY 2' BY 6' STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON SHOULDER.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE AND WIRE BROKE, LETTING CABLE STRIKE EE ACROSS BACK.

Struck by falling object

HE DROPPED ROCK DUSTER ON FINGER BUSTING FINGER.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKED UP BELT STAND AND TWISTED BACK.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

PLACE WAS HIGH CABLE HAD NO SLACK HARD TO HANG.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

MINER OPER, WAS PULLING CABLE OUT OF THE ROAD AND HURT HIS BACK.

2000 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A TIMBER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT LEG.