WHILE PLACING A WHEEL UNIT ON A SHUTTLE CAR BY USING A COME-A-LONG THE HOISTING UNTI SLIPPED AND THE RIGHT FOREARM OF THE EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WHEEL UNIT AND THE FRAME OF THE SHUTTL E CAR.
Mine #1: 10 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Mine #1 (mine ID 4607362). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 1989–1990
- Latest incident
- Jun 1990
- Big Fork Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1988
- Big Valley Coal Corp 1988 to 1990
- Southern Land Development Company 1990 to present
Mine #1 sits in Nicholas County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.1% 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
10 on file1990 · 5 incidents
PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN ROOFBOLTS & STRUCK SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR ON HEAD & SHOULDER.
WAS CUTTING ANCHOR PIN INTO MIENR HEAD AND BLEW SHAG INTO HIS FACE.
AFTER BOLTING A PLACE, EMPLOYEE WAS FOLLOWING BOLTER OUT OF AREA WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP BETWEEN RIB AND BOLT AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S FOOT.
EMPLOYEE HIT POTHOLE WHILE OPERATING BATTERY TRACTOR & HIT HEAD AGAINST TOP & BRUISED NECK
1989 · 5 incidents
GOT FIBER SEAL ON RIGHT WRIST WHILE PLATERING PUMP HOUSE.
PUT RIGHT HAND ON BOLTER BOOM WHILE IT WAS RAISING AND CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN BOOM AND ATRS.
HAD HAND RESTING ON ROOF BOLTER FRAME AND GOT HADN CAUGHT WHILE RAISING HEAD TO BOLT.
RIBBED SHUTTLE CAR THROUGH CARELESSNESS SUFFEREDFBRUISE & MINOR CUT ON LEFT ANKLE
WASS REPARING BATTERY POWERED ROCKDUSTER, VICTIM THOUGHT HE HAD TRIPPED BREAKER, HE OPERATED THE SWITCH AND SCROLL ROLLER CAUGHT HIS FINGER.