EMPL LIFTING SCRAP METAL AND HURT HIS BACK.
Macgregor Cleaning Plant: 33 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Macgregor Cleaning Plant (mine ID 4601369). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 33
- Years on record
- 1983–1985
- Latest incident
- Oct 1985
- Amherst Coal Company 1950 to 1982
- Amherst Coal Company 1982 to 1987
- Arch Of West Virginia 1987 to present
Macgregor Cleaning Plant 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
33 on file1985 · 10 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS SIDE TRACKING A DEFECTED BUCKET WHEN WHEELS FELL FROM RAILING AND HIT HIM ON HIS ARM
EE MISSED TOP STEP WHILE MOUNTING SLATE TRUCK & FELL TO GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED AFTER JUMPING FROM MOVING RAILROAD CAR.
EMPL SLIPPED ON AERIAL TRAM STEPS AND INJURED ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON REFUSE VIBRATOR AND HE STEPPED ON A PC OF SHARP METAL RUNNING IT INTO HIS RT FOOT
EE WAS TAKING WALLS OF SANDHOUSE DOWN & A BUILDING BLOCK FELL HITTING HIM ON HIS RT FOOT.
THE EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE TIGHTENING BRAKES ON RAILROAD CAR HE STRAIN HIS BACK.
A PIECE OF PIPE FALLING FROM OVERHEAD CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO JUMP OUT OF ITS WAY STRAINING HIS BACK
EMPL PULLING SUCTION LINE ON #1 FRESH WATER PUMP AND HURT LOWER BACK.DIDNT START MISSING UNTIL 2-12-85.
1984 · 8 incidents
EMPL TAKING PIECE OF EQUIP OFF LOWBOY BED,TIE-DOWN BINDER SNAPPED LOOSE STRIKING HIM ON HAND.
EMPL CLEANING ON LOADING PLATFORM ON AERIAL-TRAM AND GOT IN WAY OF ONE OF THE BUCKETS,STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK AND KNOCKED HIM DOWN CAUSING HIM TO HURT RIGHT KNEE AND RIBS.
WHILE GETTING METAL OFF #9 BELT MAGNET HE DROPPED A PIECE ON LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN ASH CONVEYOR WHEN HE R A ISED UP STRIKING BACK OF NECK ON INSIDE OF FURNACE
CLEANING GARBAGE AND METAL OUT OF SCRAP BIN, STEPPED ON PIECE OF METAL AND T WISTED KNEE, DIDNT BEGIN MISSING WORK UNTIL 4-12-84
AFTER LOADING TRUCK AT #9 COAL BIN HE GOT OUT OF TRUCK AND JUMPED TO CATWALK TO SHUT GATE TO CLOSE SHOOT ON BIN AND TURNED RT ANKLE
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING PAN WHILE RIDING ON TOP OF RUTS PAN SUDDENLY SLIPPED INTO A HOLE JARRING DRIVER HURTING HIS BACK
THE EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE CLEANING ROCK OFF SCALPER ANOTHER PIECE OF ROCK CAME OVER SHAKER CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO JUMP OFF TABLE TWISTING HIS KNEE
1983 · 15 incidents
PULLING METAL SHUTE OUT OF WORK AREA AND HURT HIS BACK.
WHILE SHOVELING BELT HE HURT HIS BACK - RE-OCCURRENCE OF AN OLD INJURY DATED 10-06-82
TIGHTENING BRAKE ON RAILROAD CAR AND STRAINED SHOULDER.
DRILLING HOLE IN BEAM,DRILL BIT FOULED IN BEAM CAUSING DRILL TO SWING AROUND STRIKING EMPL IN CHEST.DIDNT START MISSING UNTIL 10-19-83.
WHILE ON WALKWAY,#8 TRUCK BIN,SLIPPED ON LOOSE COAL AND FELL INTO OVERHEAD BEAM.
STRAINED BACK WHILE PICKING UP RAILS
GOING DOWN STEPS AND SLIPPED TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HAND AND HURT HIS FINGER
STEPPED ON PIECE OF METAL NEAR THE TRACKS AND TURNED HIS ANKLE.
LIFTED UP ON BAR TRYING TO PICK MOTOR UP AND HURT BACK
LIFTING OXYGEN TANK OUT A WINDOW & STRAINED BACK.
LIFTING A MOTOR AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK.
WORKING AROUND AN EMPLOYEE WELDING AND BURNED EYES WHEN HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GLARE OF THE WELDING ARC
WHILE GETTING UPON DOZER HE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK
STATED HE WAS COMING DOWN STAIRS FROM THICKENER & SLIPPED ON ICE AT BOTTOM OF STEPS & FEET FLEW OUT FROM UNDER HIM.
WALKING OFF HILL, HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL LANDING ON LEFT WRIST.