Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Striking punch with hammer. Missed punch and struck left thumb. Received stitches on left thumb.
SHM-44Coal
Rockwell Mining, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
Wharton, Boone County, WV · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1518978
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2006–2019
- Latest incident
- Jun 2019
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2019 · 1 incident
2018 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee stated was removing a pin out of a cutter chain. As it was beat out the employee caught the pin and mashed right index finger between pin and shear arm. Employee received 3 stitches.
2010 · 1 incident
Struck by flying object
Employee was hitting a sprocket with a sledge hammer, when a small piece of metal hit his right upper arm, resulting in one stich.
2007 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
While changing a PTM cradle location, a pry bar was used to keep the cradle from moving. When they leveled the highwall miner, the bar dislodged and struck EE in the back - As a result, he was diagnosed as having a cracked rib.
2006 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Driving a pin into a cutter chain when a piece of the pin shattered and lodged in his abdomen.