Chafin Branch Coal Company · Fall from machine
SLIPPED & FELL, GETTING OFF ENDLOADER. SPRAINED BACK & RIGHT SHOULDER.
Skillet Creek Surface: 16 reportable incidents Coal
Chafin Branch Coal Company
· Surface
Controlled by
James River Coal Company
Gilbert,
Mingo County,
WV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608486
MSHA record for Skillet Creek Surface (mine ID 4608486). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 16
- Years on record
- 1995–1999
- Latest incident
- Mar 1999
Ownership history
- Chafin Branch Coal Company 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Skillet Creek Surface sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Mingo County, West Virginia · Population 22,979
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,527
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
16 on file1999 · 1 incident
1998 · 3 incidents
May 4, 1998
WV · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chafin Branch Coal Company · Struck by falling object
CLEANING LINER ON LOADER, PIECE OF METAL FELL ON LEFT HAND CAUSING AN ABRASION AND SWELLING.
Chafin Branch Coal Company · Flash burns (welding)
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON THE BLADE OF A D-6 DOZERWHEN HE INADVERTANTLY STRUCK AN ARC AND RECEIVED A FLASH BURN IN EYES DUE TO WELDING.
February 12, 1998
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chafin Branch Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
WHILE PULLING A CRIB BLOCK FROMUNDER DOZER, EE SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE CRIB BLOCK & BACK OF DOZER BLADE CUTTING THE FINGER.
1997 · 6 incidents
November 19, 1997
WV · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
POWERED HAULAGE
Chafin Branch Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
EE WAS OPERATING A ROCK TRUCK-WHILE BEING LOADEDWITH OVERBURDEN THE SPOIL PILE SLIPPED AND ROCK AND DIRT STRUCK THE ROCK TRUCK THE IMPACT JARREDTHE ROCK TRUCK AND JERKED THE DRIVER AROUND SHARPLY. HIS BACK BECAME STIFF AND HIS RIGHT LEGBEGAN TO TINGLE.
September 16, 1997
WV · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chafin Branch Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING ON A 8 HP PERMISSABLE WATER PUMP WHICH HAD SLIPPED DOWN A BANK.
August 25, 1997
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chafin Branch Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
WAS PERFORMING REPAIRS TO A FRONT END LOADER. HE WAS LYING BACKWARD ON A METAL GUARD AND PUSHING UP ON A METAL LINE WHEN HE SPRAINED HIS BACK.
Chafin Branch Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CLIMBING MAST ON DRILL, BRACED HIMSELF HAD PAIN IN BACK OF NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER.
April 29, 1997
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chafin Branch Coal Company · Struck against stationary object
CLEANING WINDOWS ON LOADER, STRUCK HEAD ON BAR HOLDING MIRROR.
March 6, 1997
WV · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Chafin Branch Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
GPF-10% AWARD FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS ON 03-06-97 NO X-RAY EVIDENCE OF OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS WAS FOUND.
1996 · 5 incidents
December 28, 1996
WV · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chafin Branch Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF 777 ROCK TRUCK EMP STATES HE HEARD AND FELT A POP IN HIS LOWER BACK WHICH BEGAN TO BURN. RESTED FOR 30 MINUTES AND RETURNED TO WORK TO END OF SHIFT.
Chafin Branch Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS LOOSENING BOLT IN BATTERY BOX ON 992-C LOADER WHEN THE BOLT BROKE LETTING THE WRENCH SLIP CAUSING EMP TO STRIKE LEFT WRIST AGAINST SIDE OF ACOMPARTMENT CAUSING SWELLING AND SMALL KNOT.
August 21, 1996
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Chafin Branch Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MANUALLY CRANKING BOOM DOWN ON TOOL TRUCK WHEN ADEFECTIVE SOLENOID SUDDENLY ENGAGED CAUSING THE BOOM MOTOR TO START AND BEGIN TO SPIN THE CRANK UNDER POWER - CRANK STRUCK THE RIGHT WRIST OF EE CAUSING A SMALL BONE FRACTURE.
June 28, 1996
WV · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Chafin Branch Coal Company · Struck by flying object
USING AIR HAMMER OT TIGHTEN BOLTS. HAD A WELDING ROD USING AS A PIN TO HOLD BOLT. WELDIGN ROD BLEW OUT, CUTTING LEFT HAND.
January 24, 1996
WV · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chafin Branch Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS ASKED TO ASSIST ANOTHER EE IN SERVICING EQUIPMENT, WHEN STEPPING FROM GREASE TRUCK HIS RIGHT FOOT STEPPED INTO A DEPRESSION. CAUSING THE ANKLE TO ROLL OUT RESULTING IN A SPRAIN OR POSSI BLE FRACTURE.
1995 · 1 incident
Chafin Branch Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING A 1" WINCHLINE FROM THE WINCH ON THE BACK OF HIS DOZER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.