Mining Incidents

Clifftop #1 Mine Coal

Controlled by Haney Adolphus Jr
Clifftop, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607287

MSHA record for Clifftop #1 Mine (mine ID 4607287). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Jul 1987
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1987 · 5 incidents

July 20, 1987 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New Freedom Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS ATTEMPTING 7O LIFT SCOOP TIRE ON 482 SCOOP WHILE BENT OVER AT THE WAIST. WHEN LIFTING FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND LEGS.

July 20, 1987 WV · Coal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New Freedom Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SCOOP WAS MAKIN1 NOISE IN CENTER SECTION SO INJURED CLIMBED ON TOP OF SCOOP TO CHECK IT. HIS LEG SLIPPED OFF SCOOP & WAS CAUGHT IN SWIVEL JOINT ON SCOOP. SCOOP WAS NOT MOVING BUT WAS STEERING LEFT TO RIGHT.3

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