EMPL MOVING ROCK WHEN ANOTHER ROCK FELL FROM ROOF SMASHING RIGHT HAND BETWEEN 2 ROCKS CAUSING CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND.
Mine No 59: 9 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Mine No 59 (mine ID 4606426). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1983–1989
- Latest incident
- Mar 1989
- Leckie Smokeless Coal Company 1981 to 1997
- Royal Scot Minerals Inc 1997 to present
Mine No 59 sits in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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
9 on file1989 · 2 incidents
WHILE OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE, A ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT HAND CAUSING A CONTUSION AND ABRASIONS.
1985 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET SPARE PARTS FROM A REAR SIDE TRAY ON A 300 GALIUS BOLTER IN A CROUCHED POSITION LEANING ON BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FEEL FROM BETWEEN ROOF SUPPORTS STRIKING E
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RESET A CONTROL BREAKER TO A BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HE LOST HIS GRIP CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS INDEX FINGER AGAINST THE BREAKER LEVER
EMPL REMOVING PERMANENT STOPING AND AS HE REMVOED A 8\\ X 16\\ CINDER BLOCK ,ONE FELL STRIKING EMPL ON TOP OFHIS FOOT.
QUESTIONABLE WHETHER THE INJURY OCCURRED ONMINE PROPERTY. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS NOT SURE WHEN OR HOW - BUT HIS BACK STARTED BOTHERING HIM WHILE HANDLING MINE TIMBER.
1984 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONING THE TRAVELING CABLE OF A 1028 JEFFEREY MINER WHEN HE NOTICED SOME PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.
1983 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A TIMBER WHEN HE TURNED, AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT. THIS TWISTED HIS BACK, AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE LOWER BACK.
SUPERVISOR EMP WAS BREAKING AN OVERSIZE PIECE OF ROCK WITH SLEDGEHAMMER HE LOST HIS GRIP ON THE HAMMER AND STRUCK THE MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND AGAINST A RAIL