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Perry Fork No 1: 13 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Perry Fork No 1 (mine ID 4606667). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 13
- Years on record
- 1986–1989
- Latest incident
- Dec 1989
- Black Hawk Resources Inc 1983 to 1987
- Island Creek Coal Company 1987 to present
Perry Fork No 1 sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% 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
13 on file1989 · 4 incidents
MAN WAS HELPIGN PUT LIFTING ARM ON MINER AND BOX SLIPPED AND HE FRACTURED HIS FIGNER.
HELPING ON MINER SAT DOWN ON OIL CAN AND PIECE OF SLATE FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON KNEE.
INJURED WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF WOOD WITH A BUCK SAW & IT SLIPPED & SAW CUT HIS INDEX FINGER ON RT HAND 6 STITCHES
1988 · 7 incidents
INJURED HAD LOADED HIS COAL TRUCK WITH END LOADER AND AS HE STARTED TO GET BACK INTO HIS TRUCK A PIECE OF COAL BOUNCED OFF TOP OF COAL PILE AND STRUCK HIS HIP.
ROCK WAS FOULED BETWEEN TOP AND BOTTOM BELT AND MAN TRIED TO PUSH IF OFF BELT WITH STICK AND KNOCK FELL OFF BELT AND STRUCK MAN I N FACE BELT IN HUNG.
INJ WAS HELPING OFFSIDE ROOFBOLTER PUT UP PINS HAND HE REACHE D THE MAN A PIN AN D WA> WATCHING HIM PUT UP PIN HE PUT HIS LEFT HAND ON T HE BOOM AND THE OPER.. RAISED THE BOOM AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BOOM AND FRAM E OF BOM RAISED JACK.
WAS WALKING OUT OF PERRY FORK #1 MINE AND TWISTED HIS RT ANKLE
WAS ON LADDER HANGING LINE CURTAIN AND FELL OFF LADDER AND GRABBED HOLD OF A HEADER BOARD ON TOP AND TWISTED RIGHT SHOULDER.
I.NAME WAS BOLTING #3 RT BREAK AND HE DRILLED HIS HOLE AND LAYED THE DRILL STEEL UPON THE ROOF BOLTER AND HE DROPPED HIS DECK CATCHING THE END OF THE DRILL STEEL CAUSING IT TO FLIP UP AND STRI KE THE LEFT SIDE OF FACE WHICH RESULTED IN A LACERATION OF LIP ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE
HEARING LOSS 2.5%
1987 · 1 incident
WAS LOADING BEL7 STRUCTURE ON TRUCK & AS HE THROW A PIECE ON THE TRUCK IT SLID BACKWARD & HE TRIED TO CATCH IT & MASHED FINGER
1986 · 1 incident
BENT OVER ROLLI3G A ROLL OF BELT.