Mining Incidents

Shannon Branch Mine Coal

Controlled by Massey Energy Company
Capels, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4601398

MSHA record for Shannon Branch Mine (mine ID 4601398). 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
1983–1984
Latest incident
May 1984
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1984 · 5 incidents

May 4, 1984 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Shannon-Pocahontas Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON SLOPE BELT. THE FALL WAS 70\ LONG 12\ WIDE & 16\ \IGH. THE FALL DID NOT EFFECT VENTILATION OR PASSAGE OF MEN. THERE WAS NO INJURIES INVOLVED W/ THE FALL.

April 24, 1984 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Shannon-Pocahontas Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE BELT LINE OF 5 LEFT 6 NORTH NEAR SPAD #9829. THE FALL WAS 70 FET LONG, 20 FEET WIDE, AND 1L FEET HIGH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, PASSAGE WAS NOT BLOCKE D AND VENTILATION WAS NOT EFFECTED.

April 17, 1984 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Shannon-Pocahontas Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON 5 LEFT 6 NORTH SECTION IN NUMBER 2 AND NUMBER 4 ENTRYS. ROOF FALLS WERE 20 FEET WIDE AND 20 FET LONG IN BOTH ENTRYS. SPOT BOLTING AND CRIBBING WILL BE DO NE WHERE CONDITIONS INDICATE ITIIT NEEDED.

January 10, 1984 WV · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Shannon-Pocahontas Mining Company · Contact with electrical current

INJURED KNOCKED THE POWER ON TWO CONTINUOUS MINERS SO AS TO REPAIR A DAMAGED SPLICE. WHEN ASKED WHICH MINER HE WAS WORKING ON, THE INJURED REPORTED THE WRONG ONE AND RECEIVED BURNS FROM AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHEN POWER WAS ENERGIZED TO MINER HE WAS WORKING ON

1983 · 4 incidents

October 3, 1983 WV · Coal MACHINERY
Shannon-Pocahontas Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN THE WRENCH TAT HE WAS HOLDING THE ROOF BOLT WITH BROKE STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD CAUSING A LACERATION OF LEFT EYE WHICH REQUIRED EIGHT STITCHES.

July 21, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Shannon-Pocahontas Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SITTING A ROOF ARCH, WHEN A PIECE OF ROOF ROCK FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE. HE WAS WORKING FROM UNDERNEATH SUPPORTED ROOF. IMPROPER SCALING OF THE ROOF LED TO THE ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEES INJURY INCLUDED LACERATION OF THE HEAD, DISLOCATION OF THE LEFT HIP, AND CONTUSION OF THE CLAVICAL.

April 9, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Shannon-Pocahontas Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING ROOF TOP USING A SLATE BAR EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONED BETWEEN A STEEL ARCH A PIECE OF ROCK FELL STRIKING THE SLATE BAR DOWN AGAINST THE ARCH CAUSING A SEE-SAW EFFECT DRIVING OPPOSITE END OF THE BAR UP STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN JAW

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