Kanawha Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
WORKERS COMPENSATION AWARD OCCUPATIONAL PIKUMOCONIOSIS
Mill Branch Mine: 41 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Mill Branch Mine (mine ID 4607176). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 41
- Years on record
- 1987–1988
- Latest incident
- Jul 1988
Ownership history
- Kanawha Coal Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Mill Branch Mine sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
41 on file1988 · 12 incidents
July 21, 1988
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Kanawha Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
WORKERS COMPENSATION AWARD OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS
Kanawha Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WORKERS COMPENSATION AWAR OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS
July 13, 1988
WV · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kanawha Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
STRAINED LEFT SHOULDER WHILE PLACING PIN IN BUCKET OF END LOADER
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE DIRECTING MOVEMONT OF MINE BELT WITH A SCOOP CANOPY LEG ON SCOOP DETACHED AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON LEFT LEG.
May 26, 1988
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kanawha Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE LOADING 7200 POWER CABLE TWISTED L KNEE.
April 19, 1988
WV · Coal
belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor
DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Kanawha Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIM, OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS.
March 16, 1988
WV · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kanawha Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE LIFTING HYDRAULIC PART, EMPLOYEE INJURED BACK.
February 25, 1988
WV · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
USING PRY BAR SLIPPED MASHING LEFT THUMB.
Kanawha Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
WORKER'S COMPEN8ATION AWARD- COAL WORKER'S PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
January 5, 1988
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Kanawha Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WORKERS COMPENS5TION AWARD AND HEARING LOSS.
Kanawha Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WORKERS COMPENS5TION CLAIM HEARING LOSS.
1987 · 29 incidents
Kanawha Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
WORKERS COMPENS5TION AWARD WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS
October 13, 1987
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Kanawha Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WORKER'S COMPEN8ATION AWARD- NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS.
Kanawha Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
COAL WORKERS PN9UMOCONIOSIS COMPENSATION AWARD.
Kanawha Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INJURED WAS HEL1ING MOVE MINES,REACHED DOOR TO KEEP MINER OFF CABLE,PUT LEFT HAND ON BOOM FOR BALANCE MINER TRAMMED DOWN IN OFFSET IN THE BOTTOM CAUSING BOOM TO GO AGAINST ROOF,MASHING FINGERS FINGERS OF LEFT3HAND.
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
RAISING SHUTTLE3CAR JACK SLIPPED HIT FOOT.
Kanawha Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TWISTED LEFT KN9E WHILE CARRYING HYDRAULIC PUMP.
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
100 TRACTOR HIT3RUT, STEERING WHEEL TURNED & STEERING NOB HIT L LEG.
Kanawha Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
INJURED BACK WH3LE LIFTING SCOOP TIRE.
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck by falling object
PIECE OF SLATE 0ELL ON BACK OF HAND.
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
RUN INTO ROOF B2LT THAT WAS EXTENINDING FROM ROOF, CERVICAL CONTUSTION.
Kanawha Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
SLIPPED ON ROCK3WHILE CARRYING 2 5 GAL CAN OF OIL.
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
CLEANING EQUIPM9NT CUT INDEX FINGER.
June 29, 1987
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
STEPPED ON CIND9R BLOCK & TURNED ANKLE.
June 24, 1987
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck by falling object
SLATE FELL ON R3GHT HAND.
June 17, 1987
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kanawha Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPL PLACED HAN8 ON HOT DRILL STEEL,RECD BURN TO PALM OF RIGHT HAND.
June 4, 1987
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Kanawha Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
WORKER S COMPEN8ATION AWARD PNUUUMOCONIOSIS.
June 1, 1987
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
OTHER
Kanawha Coal Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TWISTED BACK WH9N TURNING TO WALK AWAY FROM MINER.
Kanawha Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
HELPING SCOOP M5N HANG MIXER CABLE/SPRAINED BACK.
May 27, 1987
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Kanawha Coal Company · Unclassified, insufficient data
WORKER COMPENSA7ION AWARD NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS.
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
USED WRONG LEVE9 ON BOLTING MACHINE; INSTEAD OF RAISING HEAD, MACHINE ROTATED & HIT EMPLOYEE ON L FOREARM.
Kanawha Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
PRYING WITH SLA7E BAR. BAR SLIPPED AND MASHED FINGER.
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
WRENCH SLIPPED 3 R.HAND HIT AGAINST SHUTTLE CAR
Kanawha Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
WHILE VENTILATI3G UNDERGROUND AREA OF MINE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL TO MINE FLOOR INJURING BACK AND NECK.
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
SHUTTLE CAR BAC5ED INTO MINER CAUSING BACK STRAIN TO MINER OPERATOR.
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck by falling object
EMP WAS ATTEMPT3NG TO CHANGE A FLAT TIRE ON SERVICE CENTER. DROPPED TIRE ON LEFT FOOT.
Kanawha Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE LIFTING P6MP, EMPLOYEE STRAINED BACK.
April 8, 1987
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Kanawha Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
MOVING BOLTER O3 SECTION EMPLS FOOT CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB AND PINNING MACHINE BRUISED FOOT-RIGHT.
January 17, 1987
WV · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kanawha Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INSTALLING HIGH3VOLTAGE CABLE TO SUPPLY POWER FROM SUB STATION, TO MINE OPENING AND RECEIVED CUT TO LEFT EYE LID AND POSSIBLY EYE BALL BY TREE LIMB.
January 2, 1987
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kanawha Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects
WHILE ATTEMPTIN1 TO REPLACE TIN ALONG TEMPORARY COAL CHUTE THE INJURED FELL AND RECEIVED AN OPEN WOUND TO THE MDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.