THE INDIVIDUAL BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF STEEL TO PUT IT INTO THE TRUCK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
Alison Mine: 7 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Alison Mine (mine ID 4608113). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1994–1995
- Latest incident
- Jun 1995
- Harrison Fuels Inc 1991 to 1994
- Whitetail Energy Corp 1992 to 1993
- Marion Minerals Inc 1994 to 1995
- Big Sky Mining Inc 1995 to present
Alison Mine sits in Marion County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.9% 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
7 on file1995 · 3 incidents
THE INDIVIDUAL WAS PULLING ON A CABLE AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
THE INDIVIDAUL WAS OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HEBEGAN FEELING SHARP PAINS IN HIS LOWER BACK & NUMBNESS IN HIS LEGS
1994 · 4 incidents
THE INDIVIDUAL WAS WALKING AROUND THE TRACTOR WHEN HE RAN HIS HEAD INTO THE TOP CAUSING THE INJURY. HE HAD STIFFNESS IN HIS NECK AND UPPER BACK. HE WAS TREATED BY DR.
THE INDIVIDUAL WAS PULLING ON THE MINER CABLE WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED ON THE WET PAVEMENT CAUSING HIM TO FEEL PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE INDIVIDUAL DID NOT NOTIFY CO PERSONNEL THAT HE WAS SEEIN G CHIROPRACTOR UNTIL 10-27-94.
THE INDIVIDUAL WAS SHOVELING GOB OUT OF THE STORAGE BIN WHEN HE BEGAN FEELING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG. HE WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A PINCHED NERVE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
THE INDIVIDUAL WAS BEING TASK TRAINED ON THE FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER. THE BOOM OF THE MACHINE CAME TO THE LEFT STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT KNEE. THIS CAUSED HIM TO TWIST TO HIS LEFT SHARPLY, PULLIN G THE TENDON IN HIS LEFT KNEE.