Mining Incidents

Smith Branch PlantCoal

Controlled by DTE Energy Company
Pineville, Wyoming County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608854
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Apr 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

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

EE WAS DRIVING A SHAFT OUT OF A BEARING. HE WAS HOLDING A 2X4 BOARD OVER THE END OF THE SHAFT. WHEN THE BOARD WAS STRUCK BY A HAMMER, IT KICKED SIDEWAYS AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BOAR D AND THE SIDE OF THE VIBRATOR.