EE WAS REMOVING3WHEEL WHEN AIR WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF NUT PINNING LEFT THUMB AGAINST WHEEL CAUSING LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES TO CLOSE.
No 7 Surface: 7 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 7 Surface (mine ID 4603889). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1983–1987
- Latest incident
- Aug 1987
- Pratt Mining Company 1973 to present
No 7 Surface sits in Kanawha County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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
7 on file1987 · 1 incident
1985 · 3 incidents
EMPL COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN BACK WHILE OPERATING DOZER.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SO TON ROCK TRUCK. HE APPARENTLY HAD HIS LEFT ARM RESTING INSIDE THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN THE WHEEL ABRUPITY SPUN STRIKING HIS ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING MECHANIC TO REMOVE A CUTTING EDGE OF A DOZER BLADE. THEY WERE USING A TORCH TO CUT THE BOLTS THAT COULD NOT BE LOOSENED BY A WRENCH. ALL BOLTS WERE CUT OR LOOSENED EXCEP T FOR ONE. THE MECHANIC WAS CUTTING ON THE ONE BOLT WHEN IT BROKE AND CUTTING EDGE FLEW FORWARD KNOCKING DOWN THE MECHANIC ANDTHE INJURED EMPLOYEE. TENSION HAD APPARENTLY BUILT UP WITH DIRT B
1984 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN WINCH LINE AND HOOK WHILE HOOKING FILE ON A COAL AUGER CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST GUARD RAIL.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WRENCH WHEN IT SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS CHIN CAUSING A CUT.
1983 · 1 incident
EE WAS OPERATING A DOZER WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK THROWING HIM SIDEWAYS RESULTING IN A BACK STRAIN.