Mining Incidents

Bufflick No 1 Mine Coal

New King Fuel Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Lyons Ray
Hugheston, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607344

MSHA record for Bufflick No 1 Mine (mine ID 4607344). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1988–1992
Latest incident
Mar 1992
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

1992 · 3 incidents

March 27, 1992 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
New King Fuel Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

FALL OCCURRED 200'INBY SPAD 710(BELT ENTRY).FALL MEASURED 25'WIDE X 42'LONG 1-7'THICK.NO PERSONS OR EQUIP.INVOLVED.FALL WILL BE CLEANED UP SUPPORTED AND REPORTED.

January 27, 1992 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
New King Fuel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CANOPY ON SHUTTLE CAR ROFFED OUT AND BROKE OFF PINNING VICTIM IN BUGGY.

January 10, 1992 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
New King Fuel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

SHUTTLE CAR HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY, JARRING VICTIM.

1991 · 2 incidents

April 2, 1991 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bufflick Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE FACE OF #3 THE FALL MEASURED 30FT WIDE AND 30 FT LONG BY 6 FT.THE FALL OCCURRED 250 FT INBY SPAD #609 IN THE #3 ENTRY .

1990 · 1 incident

January 24, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bufflick Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE DRILLING A HOLE FOR BOLT INSTALLATION A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP AND STUCK INJURED ON THE TIP OF HIS FINGER.HE WAS TAKEN TO CAMC WHERE THE WOUND WAS CLEANED AND HE WAS RELEASED.

1989 · 2 incidents

February 17, 1989 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bufflick Inc · Fall from machine

VICTIM JUMPED OFF UN-A-TRAC AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE. X-RAYS REVEALED A BREAK HAD OCCURRED.

January 9, 1989 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss MACHINERY
Bufflick Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

WHILE DRILLING TOP DURING BOLTING OPERATIONS,EMPL RUBBER GLOVE MELTED AND STUCK TO ROTATING DRILL STEEL WRAPPING HAND AROUND STEEL AND BREAKING ALL FINGERS AND AMPUTATING SMALL FINGER RIGHT HA

1988 · 4 incidents

November 29, 1988 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bufflick Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AT ABOVE TIME & DATE FALL WAS DISCOVERED MEASURING APPROX 20'X20'X2-4' THICK. FALL WAS LOCATED 120' INBY SPAD #17S INTAKE AIR. NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONS WERE INVOLVED.

September 20, 1988 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bufflick Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ON OR ABOUT THE ABOVE TIME AND DATE, A ROOF FALL OCCURRED MEASURING APPROX. 50' LONG, 18' WIDE AND 6-10' THICK. THE FALL IS LOCATED IN A NEUTRAL ENTRY APPROX. 20' INBY SPAD #279. NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONS WERE INVOLVED. MSHA WAS NOTIFIED.

August 18, 1988 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bufflick Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ON OR ABOUT 2AM ON ABOVE DATE AN UNITENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE INTERSECTION AT NO 40 BREAKTHROUGH MAINS NO PERSON OR EQUIPMENT WERE INVOLVED MSHA WAS NOTIFIED UPON FINDING THE FALL IN TAKE AIRCOURSE SURVEY STATION #175 FALL DIM 20' X 30' X 5' THICK

August 12, 1988 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bufflick Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS TAKING CRIB BLOCK FROM UNDER THE FEEDER THE FEEDER WAS NOT MOVING AT THE TIME AS THE INJURED REACHED FOR THE BLOCK THE FEEDER FELL SIDEWAYS AND CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE CRIB B LOCK AND THE BOTTOM OF THE FEEDER

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