WHEN THE VICTIM WAS GRINDING ON PIECE OF 3/4" METAL PIPE WITH HAND GRINDER, THE GRINDER KICKED BACK AND LACERATED THE LEFT ARM AT THE WRIST.
Childress Plant #1: 8 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Childress Plant #1 (mine ID 4607463). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 1989–1991
- Latest incident
- Aug 1991
- Childress Service Corp 1988 to present
Childress Plant #1 sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% 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
8 on file1991 · 3 incidents
WHEN INJURED PERSON WAS WORKING ON CRUSHER THE WIND WAS BLOWING & INJURED GOT DUST IN RIGHT EYE
WHEN INJURED PERSON WAS LIGHTING TORCH HE ACCIDENTLY RAN TORCH BY RIGHT SIDE OF FACE AND BURNED SIDE OF FACE WITH LIT TORCH.
1990 · 4 incidents
WHILE WORKING UNDER ROLL CRUSHED EMPL WAS REACYING TO PUT BOLT IN PART BUCKET WHEN ROCK HE HAD STPPED ON ROLLED UNDER FOOT THIS CAUSED HI TO FALL AGAINST STRUCTURE ANGLE INJURING LOWER LEFT RI BS,
WHILE TRYING TO HEAT & STRAIGHTEN A HAND RAIL POST I PUT MY FOOT AGAINST ONE SIDE OF THE HANDRAIL & MY BACK AGAINST THE OPPOSITE SIDE HANDRAIL & PUSHED ON THE HANDRAIL POST AS I NAME HEATED TH E BENT POST AS I PUSHED I FELT SOMETHING PULL ORSNAP IN MY LOWER LEFTSIDE OF MY BACK AROUND MY LOWER RIBS
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING NEW CLEAN COAL SIEVE SCREEN ON WALKWAY BEHIND REFUSE BEND AND CAUGHT LEFT AHND BETWEEN A PIECE OF ANGLE AND ELECTRICAL CONDUIT. TWISTED LEFT WRIST.
BEATING ON RUSTY PIECE OF SHEET METAL AND WIND WAS BLOWING AND BLEW DIRT AND OR FOREIGN MATERIAL INTO RIGHT EYE. INJURED EMPLOYEE HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.
1989 · 1 incident
A ROCK WAS IN CHUTE ON BIN FEED BELT AND WAS USING SLATE BAR TO PRY ROCK OUT. THE SLATE BAR SLIPPED AND SPRAINED LOWER PART OF BACK.