EMPLOYEE REMOVED GUARD FROM #2 BELTHEAD AND HIS CLOTHING GOT CAUGHT IN A ROLLER BEARING AND IT PULLED HIM INTO THE ROLLER AND FRAME
Angus (1): 1 recorded fatality Coal
MSHA record for Angus (1) (mine ID 4601659). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 16
- Years on record
- 1983–1994
- Latest incident
- Jul 1994
- Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc 1950 to 1978
- Angus Mining Company Inc 1978 to 1988
- Burke Mountain Trucking Company Inc 1988 to 1990
- Falcon Coal Inc 1990 to 1992
- Two B Coal Inc 1992 to 1993
- Rayco Mining Inc 1993 to 1993
- Little Oak Energy Inc 1993 to present
Angus (1) sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% 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.Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
15 on file (excluding fatalities above)1994 · 2 incidents
LOADING BELT SUPPLIES IN SCOOP BUCKET, LEFT HANDGOT MASHED BETWEEN BELT JACKS.
LOOSE ROCK FELL FROM ROOF BETWEEN TIMBERS, BOLTS AND RIB.
1991 · 1 incident
REMOVING ROCK OUT OF SHUTTLE CAR BY LIFTING STRAINED BACK
1985 · 2 incidents
EMPL JACKING SC WITH FEET ON BAR AND HIS BACK AGAINST TOP AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
I NAME STOOPED OVER TO PICK UP GREASE GUN AND PAIN CAME IN HIS LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG.
1984 · 9 incidents
EMPL CRANKING HOIST ON BELT SPLICE AND HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.
EMPL GETTING ROCK OUT OF TAILPIECE AND FELL ON TAILPIECE GUARD AND HURT LEFT RIB.
EMPL CUTTING INSULATION OFF LEAD IN PANEL OF SHUTTLE CAR AND GOT CORROSION IN RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A BELT SPLICE WITH A HAYDEN BELT SPLICING MACHINE AND THE HANDLE CAME OFF AND HE HIT THE MACHINE WITH HIS HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN MANTRIP AND KICKED HIS FOOT UP AND IT GOT CAUGHT AGAINST TOP OF ROOF
EE BENT OVER TO PICK UP GALIS CABLE & RIB ROLLED OFF ON HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON NAIL
GORDON SPENCER WAS LIFTING BELT CLAMP OVER BELT ROLLER AND CAUGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN CLAMP AND BELT ROLLER
SHUTTLE CAR CAUGHT MINER CABLE AND IT CAUGHT DENNIS SMITHE RIGHT LEG AND PULLED HIM INTO 265 MINER.
1983 · 1 incident
EMP WAS SETTING PUMP AND STUCK A WIRE IN HIS HAND