USING BATTERING RAM ON CABLE-TRIED TO STOP FROM HITTING MECHANIC AND PULLED SHOULDER.
Pleasant Valley Mine Coal
MSHA record for Pleasant Valley Mine (mine ID 3303915). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 23
- Years on record
- 1987–1998
- Latest incident
- Nov 1998
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reportable incidents
23 on file1998 · 1 incident
1997 · 1 incident
WHILE MOVING A 4" DISCHARGE WATER PUMP HOSE, ROCKS WERE BEING SLID OUT OF THE WAY AND WHEN ONE ROCK WAS MOVED ANOTHER ROCK SLID ON HIS FINGER.
1996 · 4 incidents
EE SLIPPED WHILE DISMOUNTING HIS TRACTOR TWISTING HIS KNEE.
EE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS BACK FROM A PREVIOUS INJURY AND SUBSEQUENT BACK OPERATION. I AM UNAWARE OF ANYTHING HAPPENING ON THE JOB CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. I BELIEVE IT IS A FLARE UP OF PAST INJURY.
WHILE WORKING WITH MECHANIC, OTHER 16 SLEDGE HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIT BACK OF LEFT HAND.
WAS RUNNING 992C IN PIT FULL OF MUD. LOADER WAS UNSTEADY ENOUGH THAT JERKING ALLOWED EMPLOYEE'S BACK TO JAR AND DAMAGE PER DR. ROE. IN LOWER BACK TOWARDS HIP.
1995 · 1 incident
PRIOR TO WORK EE WAS UNLOADING PERSONAL TRASH FROM HIS TRUCK AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
1994 · 4 incidents
VICTIM FOUND SITTIN GSLUMPED OVER ON PASSENGER SIDE OF PICKUP DOOR OPEN (ENGINE NOT RUNNING). CPR WAS GIVEN AND UNITED AMBULANCE WAS CALLED. DR DEPUTY CORONER, PRONOUNCED VICTIM DEAD APPROX 4:30 PM.
EE SLIPPED WHILE PRESSURE WASHING THE KOMATSU PC650 BACKHOE AND THE SPRAY FROM THE PRESSURE WASHER WAND INFLICTED AN OPEN WOUND IN HIS LEFT ARM. SURGERY IS REQUIRED AT AKRON GENERAL HOSPTIAL. HE WAS SENT THERE FROM TWIN CITY EMERGENCY ROOM.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING UP ON D11 CORNER BIT. WHILEBENDING OVER WITH THE OTHER HAND TRYING TO INSERT BOLTS WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK.
AT THE START OF THE SHIFT HE WAS WALKING TO HIS TRUCK AND STEPPED OVER A WATER HOSE AND SLIPPED ON ICE FALLING ON HIS SHOULDER.
1993 · 2 incidents
WHEN MOUNTING HIS TRACTOR EMPLOYEE TURNED KNEE HE THOUGHT IT WOULD IMPROVE SO DID NOT REPORT TO EMPLOYER UNTIL LATER WHEN HE REALIZED IT DID NOT IMPROVE & HE WENT TO A DOC FOR MEDICAL ATTENTIO N
INJURED WAS DRIVING END DUMP BEING LOADED IN THE CUT. HE REACHED FOR HIS WATER JUG AND WHILE IN THE EXTENDED POSITION THE LOADER PLACED A BUCKE TOF SPOIL IN THE TRUCK BED. THE TRUCK ROCKED CAUSING INJURED TO BANG INTO THE CAB WHILE IN THIS EXTENDED PSOITION RESULTING IN A BACK PROBLEM. HE WORKED THROUGHT HE SHIFT AND EXPERIENCEDCONTINUING DISCOMFORT.
1992 · 1 incident
LOOSENING A BOLT AND FINGER RAN ACROSS A SHARP METAL.WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND RECEIVED FIVE STITCHES.
1991 · 2 incidents
DEATH DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES -HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED HAVING CONGESTIVE HEART PROBLEM,POSSIBLE HEART VALVE PROBLEMS AND SEVERE SUGAR DIABETES-DIAGNOSED SINCE 1980...ATTCH;PERFORMED SEEDING,LIMING & MULCHING ONLY ON LAND RETURNED TO FINAL GRADE AND PRE-MINED STATE AND ONLY AFTER DARON COAL CO INC PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT HAD LEFT THE AREA.
SLIPPED AND FELL OFF DOZER TRACK D9L.
1990 · 2 incidents
INFLAMATION OF OLD BACK INJURY I NAME BENT OVER TO CHECK OIL PULLING DIPSTICK & BACK BECAME IMPAIRED
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS TRUCK ADJUSTING MIRRORS SLIPPED AND FELL DOING A SPLIT AND RUPTURE OCCURRED.
1989 · 1 incident
TOOK CAP OFF HYDRAULIC TANK ON D9 TO CHECK OIL.WENT DOWN ONTO TRACK TO GET OFF DOZER AND SLID OFF & FELL ON LEFT SIDE.
1988 · 3 incidents
SLIPPED OFF PUCH BEAM OF DOZER , FELL ACROSS AIRHOE WHICH PULLED AIR WRENCH DOWN STRIKING IN HEAD AND KNOCKING ME OUT.
WAS LOADING THE HOPPER ON THE PROCESSING PLANT BACKING UP LOOKING OVER RIGHT SHOULDER AND HIT A HOLE. SNAPPED NECK OUT.
MECHANIC WAS WELDING ON RH75 SHOVEL AND WIND BLEW HOT SLAG FROM CUTTING TORCH INTO EAR AND BURNED EAR
1987 · 1 incident
I.NAME WALKING TO PARTS TRAILER AND STEPPED IN UNCOVERED HOLE AND INJURED BACK.
The full compliance file on Pleasant Valley Mine
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.