I,NAME WAS WORK3NG AT THE TRUCK DUMP AREA OF THE JENKINJONES PREP. PLANT, WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A 50 TON AUTO CAR HAULAGE TRUCK, RECEIVING FATAL INJURIES.
Jenkinjones Impoundment/Refuse Area: 1 recorded fatality Coal
MSHA record for Jenkinjones Impoundment/Refuse Area (mine ID 4602785). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 17
- Years on record
- 1984–1988
- Latest incident
- Jul 1988
- Consolidation Coal Company 1950 to present
Jenkinjones Impoundment/Refuse Area sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% 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
16 on file (excluding fatalities above)1988 · 4 incidents
MAKING REPAIRS TO CMI. WHILE POSITIONING THE ROTARY OVER THE HOUSEING IT SHIFTED ON THE CHOCKERS AND CAUGHT THE FIRST DIGIT ON THE THUMB OF THE VICTIM'S RIGHT HAND.
RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER AWARDING AN OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS AWARD
A SHEET OF PLASTIC 1/4" THICK, 5 FT. WIDE, 8 FT. LONG, THAT WAS USED TO LINE COAL STORAGE BIN, HAD FALLEN COVERING FEEDER FROM COAL STORAGE BINE. INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE SHEET OF PLA STIC BY ATTACHING A ROPE TO PLASTIC SHEET & PULL FROM THE BIN, INJURING LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THE PLANT TO HIS VEHICLE IN THE PARKING LOT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON AN ICY SPOT.HE STRAINED BACK.
1987 · 1 incident
I NAME STATED T2AT WHILE PUSHING A WHEEL BARROW OF SCRAP METAL, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK
1986 · 5 incidents
RECEIVED A LETT9R FROM THE COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER AWARDING THIS EMPLOYEE A OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS HEARING LOSS
RECEIVED LETTER3FROM THE COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER AWARDING EMPLOYEE A 5% OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS
OCCUPATIONAL IL5NESS.
OCCUPATIONAL IL5NESS, DUST DISEASES OIF THE LUNG.
PNEUMOCONIOSIS 3
1985 · 4 incidents
OCCUPATIONAL IL5NESS.
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS
1984 · 2 incidents
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS AWARD OF 5% FROM COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS AWARD OF 10% FROM COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER