OPERATOR ON 650 DOZER WAS DOING RECLAMATION WORK ON SLOPE WHEN DOZER GOT ON LARGE ROCK WITH ONE TRACK. WHEN HE CAME OFF ROCK DOZER CAUGHT SOLID GROUND AND FLIPPED 1 TIME. ENDED UP ON SIDE.
Mine No 4: 13 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Mine No 4 (mine ID 4607765). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 13
- Years on record
- 1990–1995
- Latest incident
- Sep 1995
- Big South Mining & Construction Company Inc 1989 to 1994
- Opportunity Coal Company Inc 1994 to present
Mine No 4 sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% 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
13 on file1995 · 2 incidents
WAS USING HAMMER TO LOSSEN BOLT ON DOZER TRACK, PIECE OF TRACK BROKE & HIT LEG.
1993 · 3 incidents
WHILE OPERATING A BACKHOE EMPLOYEE NOTICED SOME DIRT & ROCK DISLODGING FROM THE HISHWALL. HE THEN EXITED THE BACKHOE CAB & STARTED TO RUN. SOME DIRT & ROCKS STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK CAUSING HI M TO FALL & INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON CATWALK AREA OF ROCK TRUCK UNDERNEATH CAB SHIELD A TREE UPROOTED ON BACK FILL AREA DUE TO HEAVY RAIN OF PREVIOUS DAY TREE LIMB STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON HEAD AND SHOULDER CUTTING HIS HEAD AND BRUISING SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OIL SAMPLE TUBING- TUBING RECOILED STRIKING HIM IN LEFT EYE.
1992 · 3 incidents
96320FELL FROM HIGHWALL STRIKING AND BREAKING L HAND CAB GLASS HITTING L ELBOW
EE WAS PREPARING TO INSTALL A DRIVE SHAFT WHEN IT FLOPPED OVER AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH.
TRAM CHAIN BROKE ON RDC 16 DRILL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON INNER THIGH.
1991 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 992C FRONT END LOADER ROCK TRUCKS ROCK ROLLED OUT OF SHOT HITTING TIRE SHAKING MACHINE AND CAUSING OPERATOR TO HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER AGAINST DOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING COAL WITH GRADER AND GOT COAL IN LEFT EYE.
1990 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM THE CAB OF ROCK TRUCK HE TURNED TO GO ONTO CATWALK, SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER ON ROCK TRUCK-SLIPPED ON LADDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF BACK OF MECHANICS TRUCK- HE HAD BEEN PUTTING TOOLS AWAY- STEPPED ON LARGE STONE AND TURNED RIGHT ANKLE.