Mining Incidents

Saw Pit Shop: 14 reportable incidents Coal

Iaeger Construction Company Inc · Facility
Controlled by Ted Osborne
Gary, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4601421

MSHA record for Saw Pit Shop (mine ID 4601421). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Jan 1987
Ownership history
  1. United States Steel Mining Company Inc 1950 to 1988
  2. Iaeger Construction Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Saw Pit Shop sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
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.
McDowell County, West Virginia · Population 18,413
13.0%
Mining share of county employment
$29,980
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1987 · 1 incident

January 29, 1987 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS STA3DING ON BOTTOM FLOOR OF PLANT WHILE CO WORKER OPERATED BEAM MOUNTED HOIST ON NEXT LEVEL UP TO HOIST A PUMP DRIVE THROUGH TRAP DOOR OPENING IN FLOOR. WHEN PUMP DRIVE REACHED UPP

1986 · 6 incidents

October 31, 1986 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS GRANTED 5N AWRD FROM WV WORKERS COMP FUND FOR OCC PNEUMO.

September 12, 1986 WV · Coal shopman repair cars, mechanic DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS GRANTED 5N AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMP FUND FOE OCC PNEUMO

September 12, 1986 WV · Coal electrician, lineman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS GRANTED 5N AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMP FUND FOR OCC PNEUMO

May 14, 1986 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GR5NTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE.

March 19, 1986 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL INSERTING 9ETAINING PIN THROUGH BOOM BRACKET AND BOOM OF 5 TON MOBILE CRANE WHEN FELLOW WORKER PRYED UP ON SIDE OF BOOM WITH BAR TO ALIGN HOLES.PIN COCKED CATCHING INJ FINGER BETWEEN PIN BOOM WINCH MOTO9.

1985 · 6 incidents

September 24, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED WAS HELPING TO LINE UP FAN MOTOR FOR BOLTING MOTOR TO BASE. AS HE PULLED ON MOTOR. HE LOST GRIP AND FELL TO FLOOR.

August 29, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GR5NTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE HEARING LOSS.

July 28, 1985 WV · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

INJURED WAS TO VISUALLY OBSERVE HIGH VOLTAGE POWER CONNECTION SLEADING FROM THE BACK OF THE POWER PLANT BLDG ABOVE A SIDE ROOF FOR REASON UNKNOWN INJURED WALKED TO POINT ON THE ROOF WHERE POWE R HAD NOT BEEN REMOVED TOOLD HOLD OF ONE PHASE LEAD WITH ONE HAND AND THE SECOND PHASE LEAD WITH HIS OTHER HAND CAUSING ELECTRICAL SHOCK.

July 11, 1985 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS USING A GEAR PULLER TO PULLA BEARING OFF A ROTOR SHAFT HE WAS USING HIS LEFT HAND TO SUPPORT PULLER AS HE TIGHTENED PULLER NUT LEFT PULLER LEG SLIPPED LOOSE FROM BEARING RACE CATCH ING THE TIP OF HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN LEG & SHAFT

June 17, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS STANDING IN THE BED OF A DUMP TRUCK HE LEANED OVER THE SIDE AND GOT HOLD OF A PAVEMENT BREAKER THAT WAS HANDED TO HIM STRAINED BACK

May 21, 1985 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED AND COWORKER WERE LOADING A PIECE OF 2 1/2 IN DIAMETER BV 16 FT ROUND BAR INTO A METAL RACK COWORKER LET HIS END SLIP CAUSING MORE WEIGHT ON INJURED S END THE BAR ROLLED CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR AND RACK

1983 · 1 incident

June 9, 1983 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
United States Steel Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS USING A DISC GRINDER TO GRIND METAL ON FRAME OF A SHUTTLE CAR THE DISC FOULED IN THE METAL AND CAUSED THE GRINDER TO KICK BACK AND STRUCK THE LEFT ARM