Flash burns (electric)
Employee received second degree burns to the left arm and back from an arc flash.
No 1 MinerCoal
Justice Highwall Mining, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by James C Justice III
Appalachia, Mcdowell County, WV · Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4609024
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 2005–2019
- Latest incident
- Sep 2019
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file2019 · 1 incident
2010 · 1 incident
Struck by falling object
Changing hoist cylinder on 793B truck, half header fell out and struck employee on lower leg
2009 · 1 incident
Contact with hot objects or substances
EE was cutting bolts out of cutter head motor #2 side of No 1 highwall miner. When the act hose burst, the torch ignited the gas where the EE was cutting.
2008 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Working on hose red chain. Trying to take apart, wrench slipped, causing hand to be cut on palm of hand (L) side.
2006 · 1 incident
Fall onto or against objects
Employee was walking when he slipped and fell striking his elbow on the belly pan conveyor chain.
2005 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was striking a link pin with a ball peen hammer. Small piece of metal struck and embedded in left wrist.