Employee was bolting top when a piece of draw rock fell out between roof bolts and struck employee on the back. Rock measured approx. 3' x 5' x 1-8"".
Mount View No. 1 MineCoal
San-West Coal Co., Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Edward A Asbury
Welch, Mcdowell County, WV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609159
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2007–2009
- Latest incident
- Mar 2009
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2009 · 1 incident
Struck by falling object
2008 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE was helping move a 245LN miner, when he reached for the cable, he put his left hand on the cable standoff when the back of the moner came up and caught his arm between the roof and the frame of the miner fracturing his left arm near his wrist.
2007 · 3 incidents
Struck by falling object
He was jacking up a coal feeder when it slipped off the blocks striking his left foot. Broke his ankle.
Struck by flying object
Employee was putting a breaker in at the surface power center when something flew into and struck his eye.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee got out of his truck to talk to another driver. The truck he got out of started drifting. The employee jumped on the side of the cab of the truck and was partially inside the cab. This truck rolled alongside of another parked truck pinning his right leg between the door and the cab.