Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED PERSON WAS REMOVING BOLTS THAT SECURED MINER CUTTER HEAD TO MINER CUTTER BOOM, WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED MASHING FINGER BETWEEN WRENCH AND MINER CUTTER BOOM.
No. 1Coal
Top Gun Mining, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Danny Justus
Matewan, Mingo County, WV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608927
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2002
- Latest incident
- Oct 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2002 · 2 incidents
Struck by powered moving object
EE REPAIRED A FLAT TIRE ON A GRADER LOCATED ON TOP OF HAUL ROAD. AN 18 WHEEL TRUCK WAS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING UP THE ROAD WHERE ANOTHER TRUCK WAS WAITING TO COME DOWN THE ROAD. EE WAS ASKED TO TRY TO HELP PUSH THE COAL TRUCK UP THE HILL. EE POSITIONED THE GRADER BEHIND THE TRUCK. THE CO-WORKER IN THE TRUCK NOTICED THAT THE GRADER WAS MOVING BACKWARDS. EE WAS UNCONSCIOUS BUT CAME TO