INJURED WAS BENT OVER MOVING HOSE. DUE TO THE PRESSURE IN THE HOSE, WHEN THE HOSE JERKED, IT ALSO JERKED HIM, CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT BACK.
Birch Sur Mine (Skyles Creek Area): 14 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Birch Sur Mine (Skyles Creek Area) (mine ID 4608076). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 14
- Years on record
- 1992–1993
- Latest incident
- Sep 1993
- Grafton Coal Company 1991 to present
Birch Sur Mine (Skyles Creek Area) sits in Webster County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 7.2% 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
14 on file1993 · 9 incidents
WORKING ON D-9 DOZER. FOOT SLIPPED OFF TRUNION BALL ON TO GROUND. INJURED LEFT ANKLE AND FOOT.
WHILE GETTING OUT OF HIS DOZER TO SPOT A TRUCK EE SLIPPED OFF THE PUSH ARM OF THE DOZER & FELT SOMETHING SPRAIN/STRAIN IN HIS BACK
HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM. HE FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT HIS RIGHT SIDE ON THE GROUND. HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE GROUND. EMPLOYEES INJURY OCCURRED ON 4-2-93. EMPLOYEE DID NOT RECE IVE TREATMENT UNTIL 5-14-93.
AFTER STARTING THE LOADER, HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER. WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE BOTTOM RUNG OF THE LADDER TO THE GROUND, HIS FOOT TURNED UNDER AND HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.
EE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK THAT WAS BEING LOADED WITH ROCK WHEN THE ROCKS WERE DUMPED IN THE BED OF EE TRUCK IT JARRED HIS TRUCK CAUSING EE TO BE JERKED AND STRAINED.
WHILE CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF R-50 TRUCK, INJURED LEFT LEG SLIPPED THROUGHT HE BOTTOM RUNG OF THE LADDER, THUS INJURING THE BACK PART OF LEFT LEG (CALF). INJURY CAUSED BRUISE ONLY, THE LEF T CALF, AT THE TIME.
EE WAS PUSHING A PIECE OF GALVANIZEDCULVERT INTO PLACE WHEN HE LOST IS FOOTING IN THE MUD & T WISTED HIS LOWER BACK
INJURED HAD BEEN WORKING ON CLUTCH ON BULK TRUCK, HE REMOVED FLOOR BOARD AND WAS WORKING ON THE CLUTCH FROM THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF TRUCK, FROM THE RUNNING BOARD, LEANING INTO THE TRUCK. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE TRUCK, HE STOOD UP ON THE RUNNING BOARD, HS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL. WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF, HS HAND HIT TRUCK OR GROUND ON BACKSIDE OF LEFT WRIST.
1992 · 5 incidents
EE WAS OPERATING A D-9 BENCHING FOR THE DRILLS WHEN HE BECAME SICK TO HIS STOMACH GOT EXTREMELY HOT SWEATING ETC AND SAT DOWN ON ROCK FOREMAN OTHER EE WAS NOTIFED AND RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY O THER AND TWO DRILLER WALKED EE TO FOREMAN S TRUCK WHEN HE COLLAPSED EN ROUTE TO TRUCK.
EE JUMPED FROM DOZER HE WAS OPERATING WHEN A ROCK TRUCK TUREND ON ITS SIDE DUMPING THE MATERIAL ON THE DOZER HE WAS OPERATING JUMP CUASED STINGING AND FULLNESS IN 4 GROIN.
WHILE CLIMBING OFF OF THE LOADER HIS RING GOT CAUGHT ON LADDER, INJURING HIS LEFT HAND RING FINGER.
WAS PULLING ON TOW CABLE WITH INJURED WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN AROUND THE BELT AREA OF HIS STOMACH.
I.NAME SPOTTING 777 TRUCK DRIVEN BY ANOTHER EMPL. TRUCK VEERED TOWARD EMPL STEPPED BACKWARDS ONTO A ROCK,IT GAVE WAY AND I.NAME WENT OVER THE HILL 5' WITH THE ROCK LANDING ON LEFT LEG.