Mining Incidents

No. 39 MineCoal

Controlled by James C Justice II
Keystone, Mcdowell County, WV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608990
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2003–2011
Latest incident
Nov 2011
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2011 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Preparing rod remove & install cutting edge. Operator engaged blade down causing crib block to flip up and strick employee on upper right side of the nose causing a laceration

2010 · 4 incidents

Rubbed or abraded

Installing injector on 980H loader and adjusting valves. It was raining and ee wiped his face and glasses off with paper towel. Foreign body entered eye. Treated with opthamologist and given Rx.

Struck against stationary object

Technician was repairing D11; while using air hose, draped it over handrail of machine; turned around and when he turned back around hit mouth/teeth on air hose, breaking left canine tooth.

Fall from machine

EE was getting on the drill when his foot slipped off the first step. EE fell backwards and struck his right elbow on the ground.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE reported on 3/29/10 that on 3/20/10 while getting on the dozer he pulled a muscle on his back. EE stated that he did not report the accident at the time because he was going to treat the injury his self. On 3/22/10 he went to Cline Chiropractic for treatment.

2009 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

A small fire occurred on the tail pulley of the waste belt. The fire took more than 30 min. to extinguish due to limited access. The fire caused minor damage to belt conveyor and hyd. hoses. No injuries resulted from the fire.

2005 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

PICKED UP EE AT END OF SHIFT. EE COMPLAINED SAYING BACK HURT DUE TO THE ROCKING OF HOE(MACHINE)

2004 · 4 incidents

Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING ON CUSTOMER'S HAUL ROAD WHEN HE HIT A LARGE HOLE IN THE ROAD CAUSING HIS HEAD TO HIT THE CAB OF THE TRUCK.

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HAUL ROAD TO THE MINE WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A POTHOLE CAUSING THE EE TO JERK AND BOUNCE IN THE FIELD SERVICE VEHICLE.

Struck by falling object

Ee was under D11R inspecting roller and idler cap when debris fell into eye.

Struck against a moving object

WHILE PUSHING ROCK OUT OF NO. 12 COAL SEAM PIT, EE TRAMMED A CAT. D-11R DOZER OVER THE HIGHWALL. (DOZER FELL 120 FEET INTO SOFT MATERIAL; EE WAS NOT THROWN FROM CAB. SEATBELT CAUSED BRUISING TO HIP.)

2003 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT AFTER LOADING A HOLE HE TURNED TO LOAD THE NEXT ONE AND STEPPED IN A RUT MADE BY A TRUCK. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.