Mining Incidents

White Buck Coal CompanyMining Incidents in 2012

All MSHA-reportable accidents at White Buck Coal Company operations in 2012. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2012
1
Total incidents
13
Year
2012

Top incident classifications

  1. 01FALL OF ROOF OR BACK4 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS4 incidents
  3. 03SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON3 incidents
  4. 04POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
  5. 05HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident

All incidents in 2012

Accident type, without injuries

unintentional roof fall inby spad #1622 - does not effect travelway or ventilation

Accident type, without injuries

Unintentional roof fall, #9 Entry Near spad 14385

Accident type, without injuries

unintentional roof fall at or near spad 6917

Struck by powered moving object

At Approx. 1:20 am EE, a certified electrician, was fatally injured when he was struck by a maintenance scoop in an intersection of #7 entry on #2 unit during the third shift. Present information suggests that the scoop operator did not observe EE in the intersection prior to the incident due to miscommunication.

Fall from machine

dismounting coal loader using 3 points of contact, missed or slipped on last step and fell to ground landing on left elbow, employee was transported to Summersville Regional Hospital, x-rays reveled two broken bones in lower arm

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Switching seats in shuttle car, employee grabbed handle and when he pulled himself up he felt a pain in his shoulder

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee reported un-witnessed accident, stating he slipped on bathhouse floor, he finished shift and went to doctor next day, employee had MRI on 07/16/2012, no tears or deformities were found, however a cyst was found. Operator has determined no accident occurred, submitting for MSHA review, as Occupational Illness

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was installing the side plate on a shuttle car. When he felt a sharp pain in his back.

Struck by falling object

EE was bolting with the Right bolter on the off side in #7 right. He was setting the outside bolt; when a piece of rock came down, hit the canopy, then rolled off striking his R ankle. This report is to abate citation 8154347.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee using a razor knife while making a repair, knife slipped and cut employee in left palm and on the index finger. Employee went to Greenbreir Valley Med center. Received 3 stitches in palm and 5 stitches in index finger

Fall onto or against objects

Slipped on water line and grabbed on ""rock box"", laceration on left palm, transported to SMH and received 3 stitches.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee helping put a shaft in SC, shaft slipped and smashed right index finger. Employee was administered first aid by EMT on section, came to surface signed a waiver and drove himself to ER where he received 5 stitches in right index finger.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

pulling slack on 2"" waterline, a clamp on waterline caused a laceration to right thumb of employee, employee went to Braxton county memorial hospital and received five stitches

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 White Buck Coal Company's numeric MSHA operator ID.