Mining Incidents

Double Camp No. 1Coal

Controlled by James C Justice III
Coal Mountain, Wyoming County, WV · Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4609227
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2008–2017
Latest incident
Apr 2017
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2017 · 2 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Was putting cable behind anchor. The shuttle car lost power. Went and put power back in, and the stop, start switch was stuck and the cable started taking up and hit employee on the back of the legs and flipped employee. Employee landed on left wrist and head bounced off the bottom of the mine floor.

Accident type, without injuries

Area inby fan house had 2 mud seams come together with freezing and thawing weather. Area 3 ft. x 9 ft. x4.5 ft. thick raveled out and fell. Did not block air way or travel ways.

2016 · 1 incident

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was walking to scoop and felt pain in lower back

2012 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was un-hanging the bolter cable in the No. 6 cross-cut when a shuttle car caught the cable and jerked it from the hangers. The cable struck the employee and caused him to fall striking his right hip on the mine floor.

2011 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Employee stated that while drilling the mine roof to install a roof bolt, the drill steel fell out and struck him on the hand.

2010 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

A portion of the highwall (immediate mine roof) has fallen inby the canopy approx. 12' W. X 6-8' L.

2009 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pushing a roof bolt in the hole when he felt pain in his lower back.

2008 · 4 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated that while taking down curtain, he twisted the wrong way and hurt his back.

Struck by powered moving object

EE was making a spice on a shuttle car cable, when the scoop operator trammed the scoop around the corner and struck the EE. The EE was knocked over by the scoop.

Struck by flying object

EE was welding on the side of a canopy near #5 entry when a gust of wind blew the canopy over striking the employee.

Struck by flying object

EE was welding on the side of a canopy near #5 entry when a gust of wind blew the canopy over causing the canopy to strike the EE.