APPROVED ROOF CONTROL PLAN WAS NOT COMPLIED WITH IN THE NO.3 ENTRY ON 1ST LEFT SECTION MINER (MACHINERY) WAS PERMITTED TO WORK INBY AN OPEN CROSSCUT
Double S Mining Inc Mine No 1: 1 recorded fatality Coal
MSHA record for Double S Mining Inc Mine No 1 (mine ID 4607266). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 20
- Years on record
- 1988–1991
- Latest incident
- Aug 1991
- Double S Mining Inc 1987 to 1994
- Vandalia Resources Inc 1994 to present
Double S Mining Inc Mine No 1 sits in Clay County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.5% 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.Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
19 on file (excluding fatalities above)1991 · 8 incidents
ON 08-14-91 I NAME WAS DRIVING BUGGY & HIT A BUMP & I NAME WAS JARRED AGAINST THE BRAKE PETAL I NAME WORKED HIS REGULAR SHIFTS ON 08-16-91 AFTER HIS SHIFT HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL
PUSHING BREAKER WITH L FOOT FELT BACK POP
PIECE OF SLATE FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS HITTING BOLTER OPER ON LOWER PART OF BACK.
WHILE CHANGING BEARING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKING THE OBJECT AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND ENTERED THE LEFT THUMB OF INJURED.
HE ALLEGED BACK INJURY DUE TO LIFTING ROCK OFF MINER. HE DID NOT REPORT UNTIL 3-7-91, THE DAY AFTER HE WAS SUSPENDED.
A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOF BOLT AND RIB STRIKING RIGHT SIDE OF LITTLE TOE AREA ON THE LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE RAN INTO ROOF BOLT PLAT E HANGING FROM ROOF CUT ABOVE LEFT EYE
ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS & RIB HITTING HIM ON UPPER PART OF HIS LEFT LEG
1990 · 3 incidents
ENTERING SCOOP DECK WHEN HANDS SLIPPED FROM HAND GRIPS CAUSING FALL.
WEIGHT ON BLOCKS CAUSING RIBS TO ROLL OFF.
INJ HELPING GET MINER INTO PLACE.MOVING CABLE WHEN OPER TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS GOING TO MOVE MINER AND TO WATCH OUT.INJ TOLD HIM TO GO ON.AS MINER MOVED,BOOM CAUGHT INJ AGAINST RIB INJURING HIP
1989 · 3 incidents
SETTING TIMBERS,LEANED ONE AGAINST ANOTHER TIMBER AND IT FELL STRIKING LEFT FOOT.
SPLICING CABLE WITH KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT THUMB REQUIRING 4 STICHES.
HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE A CONNECTION WITH BATTERY PLUGS. HE HAD A PLUG IN EACH HAND AND WAS TWISTING TO MAKE CONTACT. HE PICKED UP A HALFHEADER AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT HAND WITH HALF HEADER. HE SAID HE DID NOT SEE HIM HAND HE DSAID HE WAS TRYING T DRIVE THE PLUGS.
1988 · 5 incidents
THIN UNDTECTED COAL SEAM AT TOP OF 48" BOLTS ALLOWED TOP TO SEPERATE
SMALL PIECE OFLOOSE TOP FELL MAN THREW HIS ARM UP TO TRY TO CATCH IT AND IT HIT HIM IN THE RIBCAGE BRUISING SOME RIB.
HAD RECENTLY GO3E UNDER PARTING IN SEAM TOP 1 IN HALF FEETT OF RESIN PULLED FROM MAIN TOP ALLOWING IMMEDIATE TOP TO FALL.
CHANGE IN TOP S7RATA WITH MAIN TOP DIPPING RADICALLY INTO IMMEDIATE TOP.
DRAW ROCK 35-405B FELL STRUCK INJ ON SHOULDER KNCOKED HIM TO GROUND.AS HE FELL,TWISTED LEFT LEG DISCLOCATED LEFT HIP JOINT ROCK DIDNT STRIKE LEG.