Mining Incidents

No 3 Coal

Boomer, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608014

MSHA record for No 3 (mine ID 4608014). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Jun 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1991 · 1 incident

June 14, 1991 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
S M K Mining & Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE THIRD SHIFT BOSS & ELECTRICAN WHO BOTH HAD BEEN TRAINED IN OPERATION OF BOLTER WHERE ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT TORQUE ON BOLTER FOR INSTALLATION OF CONVENTIONAL BOLTS. THE INDINIDUAL ATTEMPTED TO FOUL TORQUE WRENCH AGAINST ATRS JACK WITH PART OF TORQUE WRONG THAT GOES AN SOCKET DOWN IN POT OF BOLTER. THE TORQUE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF JACK STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THIGH.

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