EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS SITTING IN BREAK WAITING TO LOAD BELT STRUCTURE.HE MOTIONED THE SCOOP OPERATOR TO COME CLOSER.HE WAS POSITIONED IN FRONT OF SCOOP AND THE SCOOP OPERATOR RAN ON HIS LEG.
Welch Branch Mine #1: 6 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Welch Branch Mine #1 (mine ID 4607648). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1991–1992
- Latest incident
- May 1992
- Eastern Energy Investments Inccorporated 1989 to 1990
- Eastern Energy Investments Inc 1990 to 1991
- Divita Coal Company Inc 1991 to present
Welch Branch Mine #1 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
6 on file1992 · 3 incidents
MINE OPERATOR WAS FINISHING UP A CUT AND STARTING TO BACK UP WHEN DRAW ROCK FELL ON TOP OF MINER. WHEN ROCK HIT MINER, A PIECE ABOUT 18" WIDE, 30" LONG AND 3" THICK, SLID ON OPERATORS DECK, HI TTING OPERATOR ON THE LEFT LEG- KNEE AREA.
REPAIRING ROOF BOLTER TRAM CHAIN AND A PIECE OF HAMMER CHIPPED OFF AND WENT INTO LEFT HAND POINTER FINGER KNUCKLE.
1991 · 3 incidents
THROWING CRIB BLOCK, FELT PULLING SENSATION IN GROIN AREA.
JACKING UP S/C JACK. BAR SLIPPED OUT OF HAND. BAR HIT EMPLOYEE OVER RIGHT EYE.
EE WAS OPERATING THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HE PULLED POWER CABLE TIGHT AT THE LESTRAINING CLAMP BESIDE OPERATORS DECK CAUSING CABLE TO TEAR INSULATION AND POWER HEAD GROUNDED AGAINST RESTRAINI NG CLAMP CAUSING A ACK BESIDE OPERATORS SHOULDERSHOCKING HIM.