Mining Incidents

Miura No. 1Coal

Hanover Resources, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Douglas M Epling
Chelyan, Kanawha County, WV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608956
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2003–2005
Latest incident
Jun 2005
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2005 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL 80' LONG, 6' HIGH, 20' WIDE - NO INJURY, NO IMPAIRMENT.

2003 · 5 incidents

No Value Found

the #2 operator had stopped int he intersection while the feeder was being cleaned and was beside the frontend of s/c. the #1 s/c came from the miner to dump his load of coal and did not see t he #2 s/c in the intersection and hit it. the #2 s/c operator was at the front end of the s/c when it hit.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING BUCKET OF MINER BITS & TWISTING. MUSCLE STRAIN.

Accident type, without injuries

SOMETIME BETWEEN 6 AND 9 PM WE HAD A ROOF FALL AT SPAD #240 IN THE RIGHT CROSS CUT OF THE #5 ENTRY OF THE NO 1 MAINS. I FELL FROM THE #5 ENTRY THROUGH THE CROSS CUT AND INTO THE #6 ENTRY ABOUT 10 FEET. FALL MEASURED 64'L X 18' 20'W X 4'THICK. NO PERSONNEL OR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED. AREA WAS TIMBERED OFF AND FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING CABLE WITH A KNIFE. HE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS KNEE.

Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING COAL WITH A BUGGY, RAN OVER A ROCK AND WAS SLAMMED INTO THE BUGGY'S TOP.