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Silver Fox: 25 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Silver Fox (mine ID 4607047). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 25
- Years on record
- 1987–1992
- Latest incident
- Dec 1992
- Eastern Associated Coal Corp 1985 to 1986
- Sundance Coal Company 1986 to 1992
- Ballard Brothers Coal Inc 1992 to present
Silver Fox sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% 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
25 on file1992 · 8 incidents
96660BOLT MACHINE FOR NEXT BOLT FOOT CAUGHT UNDER RF BOLTER
A ROCK 3 TO 6 THICK FELL FROM RIB STRUCK EE IN LOWER BACK AND LEFT FOOT EE WAS SAYING TIMBERS AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.
ROOF FALL NEAR 5 SEAL IN WEST MAINS 40X 23X 20 DEVELOPED WITH 30 INCH CENENTIONAL BOLTS.
AT SPAD #2697 50FTX10FTX5FT THIS FALL WAS 5 BREAKS OUT BY 140 IN RETURN ENTRY IT WAS CAUSED BY A HORSEBACK MAY NOT BE CLEANED UP
I NAME WAS HELPING ELECTRICIAN LIFT CRAWLER FOR MINER STRAINED LOWER BACK
I.NAME OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR TOO FAST FOR ROADWAY CONDITIONS.INJURED BACK BY STRIKING AGAINST DECK FRAME.
WHILE TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER THRU INTERSECTION SIMEE RABED UP AS WATER RAN INTO DECK HE LOST HIS BALANCE FELL THUS SMASHING HIS FINGER
1991 · 6 incidents
ROOF FALL 18' X 5' TO 4' X UNDETERMINED LENGTH. 30" CONVENTIONAL BOLTS. #6 ENTRY OF 3RD LEFT OFF EAST MAINS- 1 BREAK INBY SPAD #2238.
EE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT IN FLY PAD & INJURED HIS WRIST. HE HAD LIFTED FLY PAD WHILE TRAMMING SCOOP THRU IT.
INJURED WS STANDING TALKING TO DAY SHIFT OUTSIDE MAN. THE OUTSIDE MAN WAS IN THE PROCESS OF UNLOADING CINDER BLOCKS OUT OF A LOADER BUCKET. INTO A SCOOP. A CINDER BLOCK SLID OUT OF BUCKET A ND LANDED ON INJURED'S FOOT.
A ROCK FELL IN BETWEEN BOLTS & STRUCK HIM ON SHOULDER. THE MINER WAS TAKING THE LAST LIFT OUT OF A LOCK IN #3 HEADING.
INJURED WAS PLACING BREAKER IN SUBSTATION BREAKER BLEW-UP WHILE INJURED WAS MAKING ADJUSTMENT ON UNDER VOLTAGE TRIPS.
I NAME RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR
1990 · 5 incidents
ROOF FALL #1 ENTRY AT SPAD #8852. 4' X 20' X 40'. 36" CONVENTIONAL BOLTS. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. DID NOT AFFECT VENTILATION.
BOLT CREW WAS PINNING A ROCK. THE HELPER MOVED THE MACHINE AND OPERATOR'S ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB AND MACHINE.
WHILE TRAMMING HIS SHUTTLE CAR TO THE FEEDER, A SUSPENDED ROOF BOLTER CABLE CAME LOOSE FROM TOP AND PULLED I.NAME FROM HIS SHUTTLE CAR.
002 EAST MAINS SECTION HAD A ROOF FALL IN OUR NO. 4 BELT HEADING NEAR SPAD 4442 140' FROM THE FACE. THIS FALL WAS 20' LONG X 20' WIDE X 4-5' HIGH. IT WILL BE CLEANED UP.
ROOF FALL 3'X9'X20' IN #6 AND #7 ENTRY INBY SPAD #897
1989 · 2 incidents
ROCK FELL FROM ROOF WHILE I NAME WAS REACHING FOR MINER CABLE IT STRUCK I NAME ON SHOULDER & NECK
I NAME INJURED INDEX FINGER WHILE REPLACING RAM JACK
1988 · 3 incidents
INJURED WAS WORKING IN THE WEST MAINS SECTION 2 BREAKS OUTBY THE FACE. HE WAS THROWING CRIB BLOCKS INTO THE CROSSCUT TO BE PICKED UP BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CREW. WHILE SWINGING A CRIB BLOCK HE CAUGHT THE INDEX FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE CRIB BLOCK AND A STANDING TIMBER, INJURING THE INDEX FINGER.
MASHED LEFT HAND ACCIDENTLY CAUGHT BETWEEN ROOF AND CANOPY.
CLEANING ROADWAY TO FEEDER-1 BREAK OUTBY;NEXT TO BACK-UP FLY PADS.BUCKET ON SCOOP DOWN;PUSHED HEAD INTO THE TOP.
1987 · 1 incident
THE INJURED WAS3BUILDING A STOPPING OUTBY THE 1 MAINS SECTION.HE PLACED A BLOCK IN THE STOPPING-FOR SOME REASON THE BLOCK FELL OUT OF STOPPING THUS STRIKING HIM ON HIS LITTLE FINGER.