HE WAS BUILDING STOPPING AND STOPPING STARTED TO FALL AND HE TRIED TO CATCH IT AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
No 1: 10 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4608124). 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
- 1992–1993
- Latest incident
- Aug 1993
- Wayco Limited Partnership No 1 1992 to 1993
- Sequoia Mining Company 1993 to present
No 1 sits in Wayne County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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
10 on file1993 · 8 incidents
FOUND ROOF FALL ON NO 3 BELT CONVEYOR APPROX 5:00AM
PULLING CABLE SLIPPED & FALL BACKWARDS HURTING LOWER BACK & RT. LEG.
ROOF FALL AT SPAD #223 IN #9 ENTRY APPROX. 2000' OUTBY FACE.
CONTINUATION OF PREVIOUS ROOF FALL AT SPAD #331 APP 800' OUTBY FACE IN #5 ENTRY.
A ROCK FELL FROM THE RIB & THE BOLT FROM THE RIB. THE ROCK WAS APPROX. 2 X 2' X 3" TO 0" THICK. STRIKING HIM ON THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING HAND ROOF BOLTER CABLE, #6 ENTRY AT L. OC.C. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS APP. 13" X 13" X 4" THICK & HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT ANKLE.
FALL OCCURRED DURING DEVELOPMENT OF ART X C PRIOR TO INSTALLATION OF PERMANENT SUPPORT THE FALL AREA WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REVEALED AS BEING PARALLEL TO PALEOCHANNELS AND THE DIVERSE THINLY BEDDED SUPERINCUMBANT STRATA FALL IN TENSION. THE REMOTELY CONTROLLED CONTINUOUS MINER WAS BEING WITHDRAW FROM THE CUT HOWERVE HYDRAULIC FAILURE CAUSED THE MACHINES ENTRAPMENT WHEN ROOF COLLAPSED.
1992 · 2 incidents
ROOF BOLTER WAS PARKED IN 5 RT XC, VIC SP208, WAITING FOR CONTINUOUS MINER TO COMPLETE CUTTING I 6 HDG. INJURED WAS USING DRILL MAST CANOPY FOR CHALK BOARD TO DESCRIBE A MINING SEQURENCE WHEN ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK INJURED, AND PROPELLED HIM ONTO THE MAST CANOPY.
INJURED WAS INSERTING 4 FT RESIN REBAR, IN NO 6 HDG, WHENA LOOSE PIECE OF SHALE ROCK FELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK THE MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND WHICH WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE BOOM OF THE DRILL H EAD, RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THE TIP OF THE MIDDLE FINGER.