Mining Incidents

Paugh Mine Coal

H W & C Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Hite Shirley P
P O Box 816 Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608216

MSHA record for Paugh Mine (mine ID 4608216). 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
1993–1995
Latest incident
Jan 1995
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1995 · 1 incident

January 3, 1995 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
H W & C Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

THE ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON 1ST LEFT SECTION. RETREAT MINING WAS IN PROGRESS. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 110 FT LONG AND 8' IN HEIGHT. THE FALL OCCURRED IN #2 ENTRY- 2 BLOCKS INBY THE SECTION BELT TAI LPIECE.

1994 · 1 incident

June 23, 1994 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H W & C Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS ROOF BOLTING HE WAS STANDING WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT. RESTING ON A SMALL ROCK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE ROCK AND STRUCK THE FRONT OF THE BOLT MACHINE. HE BRUISED THE SMALL TOE ON H IS FOOT. ON 6-24-94. HE RETURNED TO WORK BUT LEFT EARLY BECAUSE HE FELT ILL. HE WAS SEEN BY DR LATER ON 6-24 AND HOSPILIGHTED FOR AN INFECTION. WE DID NOT RECEIVED THE WORKERS COMPHENSATION R

1993 · 1 incident

September 29, 1993 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H W & C Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL WAS INSTALLING BELT STRUCTURE HE PLACED HIS RIGHT FOOT ON THE BELT ROPE. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE ROPE STRIKING THE GROUND.

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