DURING LUNCH BREAK EMPOYEE LOST BALANCE & FELL INTO HANDLE OF SHOVEL HELD BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE
Ramp Run Surface Mine: 9 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Ramp Run Surface Mine (mine ID 4607782). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1991–1994
- Latest incident
- Jun 1994
- Chloe Ridge Coal Company Inc 1989 to 1991
- Vencill Corp 1991 to present
Ramp Run Surface Mine sits in Clay County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.5% 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
9 on file1994 · 2 incidents
AFTER WORK SHIFT ENDED, EMPLOYEE WAS OBSERVING A GROUP OF MEN TRYING TO PUSH A VEHICLE OUT OF A DITCH. WHILE WALKING AROUND, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL TO THE GROUND.
1993 · 2 incidents
WHILE OPERATING AUGER, A HYDRAULIC LINE BROKE SPREADING HOT OIL ON FACT AND EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ROCK NEXT TO HIGHWALL INTO LOADER BUCKET. HIGHWALL WAS THAWING & ROCK FELL OFF & HIT TMPLOYEE ON HARD HAT THEN ON NECK &LEFT SHOULDER.
1992 · 1 incident
TAKING TRACK OFF DOZER,THE TRACK FOLDED UP CATCHING EMPL LEFT HAND BETWEEN PADS.
1991 · 4 incidents
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE ENTERING THE JOB PREPARING FOR THE SHIFT TO BEGIN AT 6:00 PM. WHILE RIDING IN A COMPANY PICKUP TRUCK, TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INJURED WHEN THE TRUCK STRUCK A ROCK WHICH WAS IN THE ROADWAY.
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE ENTERING THE JOB PREPARING FOR THE SHIFT TO BEGIN AT 6:00 PM. WHILE RIDING IN A COMPANY PICKUP TRUCK, TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INJURED WHEN THE TRUCK STRUCK A ROCK WHICK WAS IN THE ROADWAY.
AUGER OPERATOR COMPLAINED OF HIP HURTING BECAUSE HE HAD CLIMBED UP AND DOWN ON THE AUGER.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF OF DOZE,R STEPPED ON A ROCK AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN THE TOP OF FOOT.