THIS IS A RE-INJURY-EMPLOYEE WASLIFTING TIMBERS. STRAINED HIS BACK.
5 Block No 6 Mine: 10 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for 5 Block No 6 Mine (mine ID 4604828). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Sep 1983
- Hawks Nest Mining Company 1975 to 1987
- Hawks Nest Mining Company 1987 to present
5 Block No 6 Mine sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% of county employment.
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Reportable incidents
10 on file1983 · 10 incidents
EMP SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR AT BATHOUSE AND CUT HIS TOE ON A PIECE OF FLOORING
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING THRAIG FLY PADS A CINDER BLOCK FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE SHOULDER.
EMP WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN SLATE FELL FROM THE TOP AND HIT HIM ON THE SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING WITH HAND LAYING ON MINER A SMALL PIECE OF COAL FELL HITTING ON HIS HARD HAT & THEN HIS HAND CONTUSION OF THUMB & ACUTE TRUAMATIC SPRAIN & STRAIN OF THE CERVICAL SPINE
EMPLOYEE WASNT WEARING GLOVES BURNT LEFT PALM WITH CUTTING TORCH
EMPLOYEE HAD COME OUTSIDE WAS WALKING SLIPPED ON A FLAT ROCK & FELL HE HAD A HERMASTHROM - RIGHT KNEE
ROCK FELL FROM TOP HITTING EMP.OYEES RIGHT HAND & WRIST EMPLOYEE FRACTURED BONES IN RIGHT HAND & WRIST
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A TIMBER THAT WAS IN FRONT OF THE SHUTTLE CAR HE HURT HIS BACK BUT HE CONTINUED TO WORK ON 3-08-83 HE LIFTED AN OIL CAN STATING HE HAD HURT HIS BACK AGAIN AT 11/30 AM HE LEFT WORK AND WENT TO MONTGOMERY GENERAL HOSPITAL
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS AT THE BATHHOUSE SLIPPED ON ICE FELL AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ANKLE