EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON FRONT OF LOADER CLEANING WINDSHIELD - FOOT ON LIFT ARM SLIPPED - CAUGHT HIMSELF FALLING AND GRABBED HOLD OF WIPER BLADE -
Welch: 8 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Welch (mine ID 3400259). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 1984–1985
- Latest incident
- Sep 1985
- Bills Coal Company Inc 1950 to present
Welch sits in Craig County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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
8 on file1985 · 2 incidents
I.NAME WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF DRAGLINE. HIS LEG WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM & HE FELL & TWISTED HIS KNEE.
1984 · 6 incidents
I NAME WAS OPERATING A 641 CAT SCRAPER WHEN HE RAN INTO A RUT AND THE JERKING MOTION INJURED HIS NECK
DONNIE BLACKLEDGE STEPPED DOWN OFF A DRAGLINE AND TWISTED HIS RT FOOT
WAS LIFTING A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF WATER ONTO LOADER AND HURT HIS BACK.
SONNY IS A MECHANIC AND WAS WORKING ON A PIECE OING OFF SLAG WHEN A PIECE FLEW UP INTO HIS LEFT EYE
IS A MECHANIC WORKING ON PIECE OF DOWNED EQUIPMENT AND CUT TWO FINGERS
LIFTING REPAIR PART-GEAR-TO PUT INTO DRAGLINE AND HURT HIS BACK.