OPERATING CM SLUD OF ROCK 53"X40" FELL OUT OF TOP BETWEEN LAST ROW OF BOLTS AND RIB.
Keystone No 3d: 11 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Keystone No 3d (mine ID 4608179). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Years on record
- 1993–1995
- Latest incident
- Aug 1995
- Noseman Branch Mining Inc 1992 to present
Keystone No 3d sits in Wyoming County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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
11 on file1995 · 2 incidents
LIFTED TIMBER AND STRAINED BACK.
1994 · 6 incidents
THE VICTIM WAS CUTTING BOLTS OUT FO WHEEL UNIT LETTING WHEEL UNIT FALL ON HIS FOOT BREAKING TOE ON RIGHT FOOT.
PULLING ON RATCHET WHEN RATCHET SLIPPED & HIT ELBOW.
MINER OPERATOR WAS OPERATING MINER WITH REMOTE BOX WHEN PIECE OF ROCK FELL & STRUCK OP.ON TOP OF RT HAND MAKING IT CUT ON HAND ROCK WAS 24IN LONG 17IN WIDE
HE WAS BOLTING TOP #1 ENTRY. PUTTING UP LAST ROW OF BOLTS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK ROLLED OUT OF FACE 12' LONG - 27" WIDE- 18" THICK STRUCK HIM IN BACK AND KNOCKED HIM TO BOTTOM. HE WASN'T TRAPPED BY THE ROCK.
RIB ROCK WAS PUSHED UP IN DECK WITH OPERATOR STRICKING HIM ON LEFT ARM
INSPECTOR CLIMBED UP STEPS TO CHECK END LOADER AFTER CHECKING LOADER HE TURNED TO COME DOWN & SLIPPED HE FELL AND HIT HIS HIP AND BACK.
1993 · 3 incidents
NO ACTUAL ACCIDENT CONTRIBUTED TO INJURY HE SAID HE COULDN'T THINK OF HOW HE HURT HIMSELF, BUT THAT WHILE LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE HE WAS HURTING. LATER HE FOUND HE HAD A HERNIA.
EMPLOYEE CALLED IN & REPORTED HE WAS HAVING MUSCLE SPASUMS & WOULD BE OFF A FEW DAYS. HE THEN LATER WENT TO DOCTOR & SAID HE WAS HURT ON THE JOB.
EE AND OTHER WERE HORSEPLAY ON SECTION OTHER THREW EE ON BOTTOM HURTING HIS SHOULDER.