EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE BED OF THE FOREMAN'S PICKUP TRUCK AND FELL WHEN CLIMBING OVER TAILGATE.
Birch Surface Mine: 9 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Birch Surface Mine (mine ID 4607097). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1987–1990
- Latest incident
- Jul 1990
- Grafton Coal Company 1986 to present
Birch Surface Mine sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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
9 on file1990 · 2 incidents
TURNED ANKLE AFTER STEPPING OUT OF TRUCK ON UNEVEN GROUND
1989 · 4 incidents
RIDING DOZER IN SOLID ROCK WAS RIPPING WI TH RIPPER
PLACED FOOT ON TIRE WHILE CHECKING OIL LEVEL IN ENGINE. FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING FALL ONTO RIGHT ARM.
TIE ROD END SMASHED AND CUT FINGER AGAINST STEERING JACK OF ROCK TRUCK WHEN MAKING REPAIRS.
PICKUP TAILGATE DROPPED ON LEFT RING FINGER. MASHED AND CUT FINGER.
1988 · 2 incidents
FILED HEARING LOSS CLAIM.
FILED BLACK LUNG CLAIM.
1987 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS LE5ELING UP CARRIAGE ON AUGER & HIT HIS FOOT.