Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS WORKING ON MINER AND WHILE HE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER HE HIT HIS LEFT HAND AND FRACTURED IT AROUND THE THUMB AREA.
Mine No 3Coal
Golden Chance Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Anthony P Cline
Gilbert, Mingo County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608652
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000
- Latest incident
- May 2000
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2000 · 3 incidents
Struck by falling object
EE WAS PINNING TOP ON 3-20-00 AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ACROSS SHOULDERS AND BACK. EE CONTINUED TO WORK THROUGHOUT THIS PARTICULAR SHIFT AND UP TO 4/13/00 WHICH WAS HIS LAST SH IFT WORKED. ON 4-14-00 EE WENT TO THE DR. BECAUSE OF CONTINUED PAIN FROM THE ROCK THAT STRUCK HIM ON 3-20-00.
Fall onto or against objects
EE WAS WALKING TO MANTRIP AND STEPPED IN SNOW FALLING ON RESCUER HURTING LOWER PAIN BACK AREA.