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Mine #1: 23 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Mine #1 (mine ID 4605421). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 23
- Years on record
- 1988–1994
- Latest incident
- Oct 1994
- Mc Dowell Engineering Company 1976 to 1977
- Tri-Star Mining Company Inc 1977 to 1985
- Double S Mining Company 1985 to 1987
- Real Energy Inc 1987 to 1987
- Nelson Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1990
- Fire Creek Inc 1990 to 1990
- Silver Fuels Inc 1990 to 1991
- Cortis Mining Inc 1991 to present
Mine #1 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.Reportable incidents
23 on file1994 · 7 incidents
APPLICATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
FELL BACKWARD OFF STEPS OF LOADER.
RIDING ON MANTRIP & RAN OVER A PIECE OF STRUCTURE MANTRIP BOUNCED & HE HIT FRAME OF MANTRIP WITH LEFT SHOULDER
BURNED RT HAND WHILE HOLDING IN THE OVER LOAD STEM ON PUMP MOTOR STARTER ON 245 LEE NORRIS MINER
CW PENUMOCONIOSIS NOTIFIED 2-28-94.
BACK SPORAIN - I CALLED UNDERGROUND TO CHECK ON PROGRESS OF MOVING THE BELT BACK. ARNOLD ANSWERED THE PHONE AND TOLD ME THAT THE CHAIN HAD BROKEN HOLDING THE TAILPIECE. THE TAILPIECE MOVED F ORWARD AND HIT HIS KNEE, BUT DIDN'T HURT HIM. ARNOLD DID NOT MENTION WANYTHING ABOUT GETTING HURT OR FILLED OUT ACCIDENT REPORT. INJURY NOT REPORTED TO EMPLOYER UNTIL 1-26-94.
1993 · 5 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ON HYDRULIC HOSE ON A 21 SC SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE PULLED MUSCLES AROUND HIS RIB CAGE.
EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER. ROOF BOLT BENT AND EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ROOF BOLT & LEVELING ARM OF ROOF BOLTER.
NECK STRAIN
PULLED ROPE APART LUMBAR STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY AND INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.
1992 · 7 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF WIRE BOX CUTTER AND CUT LEFT HAND.
EE WAS OPERATING SCOOP WHEN HE HIT THE RIB WITH THE SCOOP BLADE, THIS CAUSED HIM TO BE BOUNCED UP AND HE HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE MINE ROOF CAUSING STUBED NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING ON THE GATHERING DISK OF THE LEE NORSE 245 MINER USING A SLATE BAR WHEN INJURED SAID HE HURT HIS BACK.
DURING THE MINING OF A PILLAR 'PUSHOUT' IN #6 ENTRY 1 BREAK INBY SPAD STATION 0428 A ROOF FALL OCCURRED 4'X 15' X 20'.
GETTNG OUT OF MINER SCRAPED BACK ON CABLE STAND ON BRACKET
BOUNCED IN SHUTTLE CAR DECK AND INJURED LOWER BACK.
EMPL WAS STRIKING CHISEL.CHISEL FLEW BACK AND HIT EMPL CENTER OF FOREHEAD.
1991 · 2 incidents
BOTLING TOP ROCK FELL STRUCK ON L SHOULDER
CHANGING RIPPER JACK ON CONTINUOUS MINER JACK SLIPPED CUTTING END ON 2ND FINGER RT HAND OFF
1989 · 1 incident
EMP GOT OUT OF SCOOP TO RESET BREAKER ATTEMPTT TO GET BACK IN SCOOP PUT KNEE DOWN. KNEE PAD SLIPPED , FELL ON TAILBONE HITTING BACK OF SEAT RUP. DISK IN LOWER BACK
1988 · 1 incident
EMPL PULLING ON A GUARD LOCATED ON BELT FEEDER AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.