Struck by falling object
Employee was working around Auger by highwall when a football sized rock fell from the highwall and struck the Auger, ricochetting off the Auger and striking the employee in the shoulder area.
Oxford Contract Auger # 3- No.12Coal
Oxford Mining Co LLC. · Surface
Controlled by Westmoreland Coal Company
New Athens< OH, Harrison County, OH · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304523
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2006
- Latest incident
- Mar 2006
No fatalities recorded at this mine.