BENDING OVER TO GRAB MINER CABLE HE TURNED TO JPULL IT AWAY AND TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK INJ IT
Mine #32: 24 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Mine #32 (mine ID 4606651). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 24
- Years on record
- 1986–1989
- Latest incident
- Oct 1989
- Joshua Industries Inc 1983 to 1985
- Joshua Industries Inc 1985 to 1988
- Joshua Industries Inc 1988 to present
Mine #32 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
24 on file1989 · 14 incidents
WHILE PULLING TRAILING CABLE HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
WHILE CHAINGING THE CUTTER MOTOR SPEED REDUCER THE REDUCER FELL ON HIS RIGHT HAND. IT SMASHED HIS HAND AGAINST THE MINER FRAME BREAKING THE INDEX FINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER.
AREA 9' AND 20' SQUARE FELL AT INTERSECTION 1 BREAK FROM #3 HEAD, 12 BREAKS INSIDE, APPROX. 3,000' FROM WORKING FACE IN THE INTAKE. CRIBBED OFF ON ALL AREAS. DANGERED OFF. DOES NOT OBSTRUCT VE NTILATION OR TRAVEL.
HE SAID WHILE PULLING THE MINER CABLE HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK.
ROOF FALL AREA 6' HIGH 20' X 20 INTERSECTION. AT BATTERY STATION. AREA CRIBBED OFF. FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.
HE SAID WHILE OPERATING CARS&S 482 SCOOP IN ENTRY #3 HE RAN OVER A ROCK CAUSING THE SCOOP TO HIT THE ROOF & CAUGHT HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE ROOF & THE BACK OF THE SCOOP SEAT HE HURT HIS HEAD & NE CK DOING SO
GETTING OFF PERSONNEL CARRIER AND TWISTED HIS BACK (STRAINED BACK).
BACKING UP MINER IN REAL LOW CLEARENCE AND TOP PUSHED HEAD DOWN.
HE SAID HE GOT ON THE TAILPEICE AND STRADDLED THE BELT WITH BOTH LEGS AND TRIED TO DISLODGE A PIECE OF ROCK IN IT. AFTERWARDS HE WENT TO HIS SCOOP AND FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER BA CK AND GOT NAUSEA.
OPER RF BOLTER PC FO ROCK FELL HITTING SIDE OF FACE NECK AND SHOULDER.
DROPPED BAR MOVED UP 5FT SLAG OF ROCK FELL FORM TOP HIT HEAD AND BENT MY NECK FORWARD.
SCOOP HIT HOLE AND BOUNCCED ON R. SIDE.
REMOVING ROLLER FORM BELT HEAD HURT BACK WHILE PUSHING OUT.
1988 · 7 incidents
3 WHEELER THAT WAS OPERATED BY I.NAME WAS SAID TO HIT I-BEAM ON ROOF BOLTER. WHILE HE WAS ON THE THE OTHER END OF I-BEAM CAUSING I-BEAM TO STRIKE HIM ON HIS RIGHT THIGH.
HE SAID THAT HE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF LOSE ROCK FROM THE ROOF THE ROCK ACCORDING TO HIM THAT HIT HIM WAS NOT THE ROCK HE WAS T RYING TO PULL
HE WAS CROSSING OVER #3 BELT AT TAILPIECE WHEN BELT STARTED UP.HE HIT HIS LEFT KNEE LOW PICE OF BELT STRUCTURE.HE GOT OFF BELT.
DRILLING HOLE AND KETTLE BOTTOM FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND INJURED LEFT HAND AND RIGHT LOWER LEG.
A ROCK FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF FFALLING ON HIM FROM HIS RIGHT SHOULDER TO HIS RIGHT FOOT.
HE WAS WALKING AND STEPPED IN A CRACK IN THE BOTTOM AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
WHILE OPERATING THE 300 GALIS ROOF BOLTER HE HIT HIS KNEE AGAINST THE ROOF BOLTER.300 GALIS ROOF BOLTER.
1987 · 2 incidents
THREW ROCK OFF 2F TAILPIECE & HIT SCOOP WITH HAND
SCOOP CAME FROM3BEHIND ME NAME, AND STRUCK ME IN LOWER RIGHT SIDE AND BACK.
1986 · 1 incident
ROCK CAME OVER 02 BELT AND HIT EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND AGAINST TAILPIECE CAUSING CUT TO LEFT HAND