Mining Incidents

Mettiki Coal WV, LLCMining Incidents in 2020

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Mettiki Coal WV, LLC operations in 2020. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2020
0
Total incidents
7
Year
2020

Top incident classifications

  1. 01FALL OF ROOF OR BACK5 incidents
  2. 02POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
  3. 03SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident

All incidents in 2020

Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned and reportable roof fall occurred at the 168 block of the F-Mains #4 entry intake. There were no injuries, no equipment damage, and the ventilation system was not disrupted. This occurrence was immediately reported.

Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned and reportable roof fall occurred at the #35 Bk, 3 entry intersection on the 34 Butt section beltline. There were no injuries, no property damage, and the ventilation system was not disrupted. This occurrence was immediately reported.

Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned and reportable roof fall occurred at the #24 Bk #3 entry intersection on the F-11 Longwall panel (33 Butt. There were no injuries and the ventilation system was not disrupted. The longwall stageloader from the discharge to the crusher is currnetly under the fall. This occurrence was immediately reported.

Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned and reportable roof fall occurred at the #30 break, #3 entry on the F-11 Longwall panel (33 Butt). There were no injuries, no equipment damage, and the ventilation system was not disrupted. This occurrence was immediately reported.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was standing too close to a shuttle car trailing cable and was struck by the cable when the operator started the pump motor. EE received a laceration under bottom lip.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee tripped and fell over a broken cement block that was laying in the crosscut. As a result, the employee received a laceration to the palm of the left hand.

Struck by falling object

Employee was cleaning rock out of cable handler on longwall and rock fell out between shields striking employee on the hand.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Mettiki Coal WV, LLC's numeric MSHA operator ID.