EE WAS USING A HAMMER TO LOOSEN A BOLT WHILE REMOVING A TRAM MOTOR FROM THE TRACK LOCOMOTIVE A PIECE OF THE HAMMER BROKE OFF STRIKING EE IN THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
Black Oak: 23 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Black Oak (mine ID 4608034). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 23
- Years on record
- 1991–1994
- Latest incident
- Jun 1994
- Wynchester Mining Company Inc 1991 to 1993
- Williams Mountain Coal Company 1993 to present
Black Oak sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% 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
23 on file1994 · 4 incidents
EE WAS LIFTING A BAG OF CEMENT TO PLACE IT IN A WHEEL BARROW WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
LOADING BELT ON UNATRAC STRAINED BACK LIFTING BELT
MINER OEPRATOR WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT FOOT BY A PIECE OF ROCK THAT WAS BEING CUT DOWN BYTHE RIPPR HEAD OF THE MINER DURING HTE EXTRACTION OF THE BOTTOM SPLIT OF COAL.
1993 · 8 incidents
THE ENPPLOYEE WALK INTO A BROW HANGING ONTO THE RIB WHILE HE WAS CARRYING BLOCKS. THIS RESULTED INJURING HIS NECK.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTER HIS DRILL STEEL HAD STUCK IN THE TOP WHILE DRILLING. HE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE IT & SLIPPED & FELL.
WHILE EE WAS WORKING ON THE FEEDER CHAIN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK THIS OCCURRED WHEN HE LIFTED A CONVEYOR FLIGHT
WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING THE NO 3 BELT CONVEYOR HE SLIPPED & FELL THIS CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HIS KNIFE SLIPPED. THIS RESULTED IN AN INCISION TO HIS UPPER LEFT LEG.
WHEN THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A CHAIN IN THE FEEDER HE HIT HIS SELF ON THE KNEE WITH A HAMMER.
WHILE THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WAS BEING ASSISTED ON TOP OF THE BOTTOM COAL BY THE JEEP THE SCOOP DROPPED THE REAR OF THE BOLTER THE ROOF BOLTER OPERQTOR HIT HS LEFT ARM & SHOULDER AGAINST THE CONTROLS 03-12-93 WAS THE FIRST DAY MISSED
WHEN THE EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING CU RTAINS HE FELL BACKWARDS WHILE HE WAS ON A LADDER THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 03-10-93 HIS FIRST DAY OF INJURIED WAS 03-09-93
1992 · 8 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS TRACK, HE TRIPPED AND FELL. THIS CAUSED HIM TO SPRAIN HIS LEFT ARM AND CONTUSION TO HIS LEFT WRIST.
I.NAME GOT OFF MANTRIP,SPRAINED OR TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE. SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF ROCK.
68935 THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW AND HAND.
38505MPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY.
68550THE EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A BELT SPLICE HE FELL. HE LANDED ON A PIECE OR LUMP OF COAL. THIS RESULTED IN HIM STRAINING HIS HIP AND LOWER BACK.
WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A CINDER BLOCK PERMANENT STOPPING, HE DROPPED A CINDERBLOCK ON HIS FOOT.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE HEADLIGHTS OF THE OFF STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR. AN ELETRICAL FLASH OR ARC BURNED BOTH OF HIS EYES AND BOTH HANDS.
EE WAS STANDING IN THE SCOOP BUCKET LOADING A CHARGER CABLE AND FELL DOWN THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURED THUMB.
1991 · 3 incidents
OPER SHUTTLE CAR, HIT ROLL HE STRUCK HEAD AGAINST CANOPY
WHILE OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTER A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF AND HIT INJURED ON TOP OF HIS HARD HAT.THIS MAY HAVE REULTED IN A STRAIN THE OPERATOR DID NOT RECEIVE NOTICE OF THE INCI DENT UNTIL 07-27-92.
THE EMPLOYEE CUT HIS LEFT THUMB WHEN HIS KNIFE SLIPPED WHILE MAKING A CABLE SPLICE.