EMPLOYEE STATED HE USED A MINERS AXE TO CUT A METAK BAND FROM A BUNDLE OF BELT STRUCT U RE & BAND FLEW BACK & CUT HIS LEFT BROW RECEIVED SUTURES
Wells Complex/Central Shop: 20 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Wells Complex/Central Shop (mine ID 4606853). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 20
- Years on record
- 1985–1991
- Latest incident
- Dec 1991
- Eastern Associated Coal Corp 1984 to 1987
- Eastern Associated Coal Corp 1987 to present
Wells Complex/Central Shop 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
20 on file1991 · 2 incidents
EMPL SQUATTING AND CUTTING SMALL TREE 2"DIA,SAW KICKED AND HIT INSIDE OF RIGHT LEG IN KNEE AREA.WENT TO DR-RECD 5 SUTURES.
1990 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE STATED AS HE WAS GETTING OFF A STOOL HE TWISTED HIS KNEE. EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR ON 8-29-90 RECEIVED NO MEDICAL TREATMENT, CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL HE MISSED ON 9-5-90 DUE TO INJURY.
EMPL STATED HE LOOPED 2"X18" #60 GRID EMORY CLOTH OVER SHAFT TURNING IN LATHE TO POLISH FOR BEARING FIT. STRIP CAUGHT ON SHAFT & BOUNCED GRABBING LEFT THUMB & PULLED IT TOWARD HE SHAFT WHERE H E RECEIVED CUT.
1989 · 1 incident
UNKNOWN ALLEGED LUNG IMPAIRMENT
1988 · 5 incidents
HE REACHE D TO RMOVE SHAVINGS FORM LATHE AND SHAVING CAUGHT AND TURNED PULLING THE SHAVELINGS THROUGH HAND RESLUTING IN CUT ON L. INDEX AND LLITTLE FINGER.S
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN A BOLT IN A CATHEAD THE RATCHET STGRIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS & HIT HIS ARM ON THE SIDE OF A MINER HEAD
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE GETTING READY TO BLOCK A TRAILER ON THE BED OF A 9000 TRUCK, THE TRAILER MOVED AND HE JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK BED LANDING ON HIS FEET.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS IN THE SHOP LOCOMOTIVE PIT-TURNED TO LEAVE AND BUMPED HIS NOSE ON EDGE OF DOOR-KNOCKING HIS FALSE TEETH OUT.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING ON A HYDRAULIC HOUSE CAUGHT UNDER A GEAR HE SLIPPED & FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HIS ELBOW ON THE FLOOR
1987 · 6 incidents
EMP STATED HE W5S LIFTING A SCOOP CANOPY AND FELT A PAIN IN H IS BACK
EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS HELPING MOVE A TOOL BOX WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
LOADING BELT ST9UCTURE INTO TRUCK AND CUT HIS HAND.
INJURED WAS CUT7ING BRUSH WHEN A STICK FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT EAR.
UNKNOWN-ALLEGED3LUNG IMPAIRMENT.
EMPLOYEE AWARDE8 5% PERMENANT PARTIAL DISABILTY DUE TO PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
1986 · 2 incidents
INJ MAKING SPLI7E ON POWER POLE AND FX FOREFINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING BRAKES ON A LOCOMOTIVE AND THE AUTOMATIC BRAKE SYSTEM SET UP MASHING THE TIPS OF HIS FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND LOST 2 FINGER NAILS AND REQUIRED STITCHES ON MIDDLE FINGER
1985 · 2 incidents
INJURED WAS CAR9YING A BOX OF FREIGHT WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL FRACTURING HIS RIGHT KNEE CAP
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LIFT A PIECE OF CHANNEL 8" WHEN THE CHANNEL TWISTED AND BURR CUT HIS RIGHT HAMD