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
Saw Pit Shop: 14 reportable incidents Coal
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
- United States Steel Mining Company Inc 1950 to 1988
- Iaeger Construction Company Inc 1988 to present
Saw Pit Shop sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% 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
14 on file1987 · 1 incident
1986 · 6 incidents
EE WAS GRANTED 5N AWRD FROM WV WORKERS COMP FUND FOR OCC PNEUMO.
EE WAS GRANTED 5N AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMP FUND FOE OCC PNEUMO
EE WAS GRANTED 5N AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMP FUND FOR OCC PNEUMO
EMPLOYEE WAS GR5NTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE.
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING INSTALL A VALVE IN A SLURRY LINE.HE CONTACTED A 110V LIGHTING LEAD WITH HIS NECK AND WAS SHOCKED.
1985 · 6 incidents
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.
EMPLOYEE WAS GR5NTED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE HEARING LOSS.
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.
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
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
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
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