PAN WAS HELPING BUILD A BRIDGE IN THE ROADWAY TO THE SECTION AND STEPPED IN A HOLE HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OVER SIDEWAYS STRAINING HIS BACK.
Stark Mine: 9 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Stark Mine (mine ID 4607792). 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
- 1991–1993
- Latest incident
- May 1993
- Fossil Energies Mining Corp 1989 to 1992
- West Milford Mining Company J V 1992 to 1993
- Lappitt Inc 1993 to present
Stark Mine sits in Harrison County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 2.9% 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
9 on file1993 · 4 incidents
INJURED HAD LOADED A COAL TRUCK AND THEN STOPPED THE LOADER AND WAS STEPPING OFF THE LOADER STEPS AND STEPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL ABOUT 10" DIAMETER AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON THE 001 SECTION AND SPAD 101 INTERSECTION ONE CROSS CUT INBY THE FEEDER THE INTERSECTION FELL APPROX. 5 FT TO 61/2 HIGH 18 FT WIDE AND 18 FT LONG THE AREA WAS SUPPORDED WITH 5 FT AND 6 FT 3/4 INCH FULL GROUTED ROOF BOLTS RESIN A CLAY VEIN MAY HAVE WEAKED THE AREA.
A ROOF FALL APPROX 40IN INBY BELT LINE PIT MOUTH EXTENDING APPROX 40FT LONG & 15FT6IN TO 16FT WIDE & 5FT HIGH THE AREA HAS PREVIOUSLY POLTED OUT
1992 · 2 incidents
65007-17-92 AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE #2 SUPPLY ENTRY 50' INBY THE PIT MOUTH.IT IS 15' WIDE 40' LONG AND 8' HIGH.THIS IS A 3-WAY INTERSECTION THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY FALLEN AND WA
MINE IDLE FROM FEB 21 TO APRIL 13 A ROOF FALL OCCURRED SOMETIME DURING THIS PERIOD 120FT INBY SUERVEY STATION 1/4 THE FALL IS 14 FT WIDE AND 9 FT HIGH AND 70 FT LONG IT IS LOCATED 750 FT OUTBY THE FACE NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED AND NO EFFECT ONVENTILATION.
1991 · 3 incidents
I NAME HAD JUST FINISHED EMPTYING THE DUST BOX ON THE BOLTER WHEN HE CLOSED THE LID ON THE DUST BOX H IS HAND STEPPED OFF THE LEVER & JAMMED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE BOX CAUSING THE LAST FINGER ON HIS RT HAND TO BE DISLOCATED
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED AT THE FIRST INTERSECTION IN THE NO 1 ENTRY.THE ROOF IN THIS AREA IS SATURATED WITH WATER AND A CLAY VEOIN WAS PRESENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION.
ROOF ROCK HAD BEEN EXPOSED & THE AREA AROUND THE ROOF BOLTS HAD BEGAN TO DETERIO0ATE