Superior Sewell Inc · Accident type, without injuries
BLOCKS TAKING WEIGHT #1#2#3 INTAKES AND #5 BELTLINE HAS "FALLS". ALL CAUSED FROM MINING UNDERNEATH BLOCKS TAKING WEIGHT FROM S PAD 12 UP TO S PAD 66 WE G RIB ALL PLANS OFF.
No 8 Mine Coal
Superior Sewell Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Bowling D L (Jack)--K Dale Tolliver
Superior,
Mcdowell County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608541
MSHA record for No 8 Mine (mine ID 4608541). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1997–1998
- Latest incident
- Jun 1998
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1998 · 2 incidents
Superior Sewell Inc · Accident type, without injuries
IN 8 ENTRY ABOUT 8 BRAKE FROM OUTSIDE. UP RETURN AT SPAD 22 HAD A ROOF FALL FELL ABOUT 6 FT HIGH. ABOUT 18 FT WIDE AND ABOUT 68 FT LONG. FILL IN OUTBY AREA FALL IS ABOUT 2200 FT AWAY. DO NOT H AVE TO CLEAN IT UP I TIMBER ALL SIDES OF IT OFF.OK NOW. NO PERSON INVOLVED.
1997 · 1 incident
August 29, 1997
WV · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Superior Sewell Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BOTTOM IS BAD THE TAIL PIECE WAS ANCHORED IT BROKE LOOSE FROM PIN BOTTOM BROKE UP. TAIL PIECE WENT SIDEWAYS CAUGHT MAN BETWEEN TAIL PIECE AND RIB.
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