Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL IN #5 ENTRY 2 CROSSCUTS INBY SPAD #230. FALL WAS 40' X 20' X 8' - 10' HIGH. NO INJURIES. 48"" RESIN ROOF BOLTS WERE BEING USED.
Brushy Chilton A MineCoal
Marfork Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
Whitesville, Raleigh County, WV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608997
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2004
- Latest incident
- Jul 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2004 · 3 incidents
Struck by falling object
WHILE HELPING TO SET A TIMBER ON THE IN-BY CORNER OF 6XL CROSSCUT, A PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING 30"" X 40"" X 6"" FELL HITTING EE ON THE HEAD. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL AND DIAGNOSED WITH A FRACTURED VERTABRE.
Fall to the walkway or working surface
EE WAS STANDING IN THE SUPPLY YARD WATCHING THE FORK LIFT LOADER RAILS WHEN HE SUDDENLY LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL LANDING ON HIS RIGHT HIP.