Mining Incidents

No 1 (1) Coal

Windfall Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Dennis G Cook
Oceana, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608644

MSHA record for No 1 (1) (mine ID 4608644). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1997–1998
Latest incident
Jun 1998

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 12, 1998 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Windfall Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PILLARING TOP FELL IN OVER ROAD BREAKERS ADN CAUGHT MINER OPERATOR. THEY HAD JUST FINISHED 2ND LIFT ON PILLARS AND WERE GOING TO SET BREAKERS FOR THAT LIFT JUST TAKEN.

Reportable incidents

6 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1998 · 4 incidents

February 13, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Windfall Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR. BOUNCED UP AGAINST CANOPY HURT BACK & NECK.

February 2, 1998 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Windfall Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

PIN SLIPPED OFF OF CONTROL ON CONVEYOR, ELBOW HIT FRAME ON SHUTTLE CAR.

1997 · 2 incidents

November 21, 1997 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Windfall Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

BIG SURFACE CRACK, THE FALL WAS 20 X 20 X 20. NO. 1 ENTRY APPROX. 220' OUTBY FACE AREA. AT SPAD 264. DID NOT RESTRICT AIRWAYS OR TRAVELWAYS.

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