Mining Incidents

Windsor MineCoal

Controlled by CONSOL Energy Inc
Short Creek, WV, Brooke County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4601286
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
55
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
Aug 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

55 on file

2002 · 10 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP WINCH ROPE TO SHEAR RANGING ARM THE ARM SLID STRIKING LEFT KNEE.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS DRAGGING FIRE HOSE TO USE TO UNPLUG BELT CHUTE, STEPPED ON UNEVEN BOTTOM SPRAINING LEFT ANKLE.

Accident type, without injuries

TOP FELL EXTENDING FROM OLD FALL AREA APPROX 20X20X6' ON MAIN 7 BELT AT 126-127XC.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING LONGWALL FACE, HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PONTOON (FOOT) OF SHIELD & RELAY BAR CAUSING CRUSHING INJURY TO FOOT & TOES.

Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON TRACK ENTRY AT 31 XC EAST MAIN HAULAGE.

Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PASSING STONE FROM ONE MAN TO ANOTHER WHEN A PIECE OF STONE FELL BETWEEN BOLTS HITTING HIM ON THE INSIDE OF RIGHT KNEE.

Accident type, without injuries

TOP FELL, PULLING BOLTS OUT ON M8 BELTLINE AT 155 XCUT.

Accident type, without injuries

MAIN 9 BELTLINE AT 208 XC. FALL APPROX. 6'HIGH, 20'LONG, & 20'WIDE. STOPPING OPERATION OF MAIN BELT.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED WAS INSPECTING #11 BELT DRIVE (AT WINDSOR MINE) WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL ON WET/MUDDY BOTTOM CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK.

Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF A JEEP AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT ON EDGE OF SEAT CAUSING HIM TO FALL. EMPLOYEE CHIP HIS ELBOW BONE WHEN TRYING TO CAUGHT HIMSELF.

2001 · 19 incidents

Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WHILE WALKING IN WALKWAY ALONG M8 BELT SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON OVERHEAD BEAM CAUSING PAIN AND STIFFNESS IN HEAD AND NECK.

Struck by flying object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT SUPPLY CAR ON TRACK W/ AN AIR BAG. WHILE BLOWING UP THE AIRBAG A PIECE OF WOOD FLEW OUT STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE. RESULTING IN CUT ABOVE THE L. EYE & BONE FRACTURE OF LEFT SIDE OF FACE.

Accident type, without injuries

INTERSECTION AT 223 XCUT ON MAIN 9 BELTLINE BROKE LOOSE AND FELL AT APPROX. 0900, STOPPING OPERATION OF MAIN 9 BELT. FALL SIZE WAS APPROX 20' X 30' (ENTIRE INTERSECTION) MINED 9-4-86. SPAD 24+ 40.

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS RUNNING 15 TON MOTOR PULLING TRACK CLEANER AND THE TROLLEY POLE CAME OFF THE TROLLEY WIRE, EE REACHED FOR THE POLE AND RAISED UP AND HIS HEAD HIT AGAINST OVER HEAD CANOPY OR STEEL BEAM CAUSING HIS HEAD TO GO DOWNWARD HITTING SOME PART OF THE MOTOR DECH CAUSING CUT TO BACK OF HEAD AND OVER LEFT EYE.

Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING AROUND THE BELT AND THROWING MATERIAL ONTO BELT WHICH WAS OVER HEAD. WHILE THROWING A SHOVEL FULL OF MATERIAL ONT0 THE BELT A ROCK CAUGHT THE SIDE OF THE BELT AND IT FLEW BACK CUTTING HIS LEFT EAR.

Accident type, without injuries

TOP BROKE LOOSE CAUSING FALL FROM 208 1/2 X-CUT TO 209 1/2 X-CUT. APPROX. 100' LONG.

Flash burns (electric)

TWO WORKERS TOOK THE COVER OFF THE BATTERY MOTORTO CHANGE FUSE FOR COMPRESSOR MOTOR. AFTER CHANGING FUSE THEY RESET BREAKER AND COMPRESSOR DIDN'T RUN SO THEY PUT OLD FUSE BACK IN AND SET THE BREAKER. EMPLOYEE WAS ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF MOTOR & CAME IN CONTACT WITH COVER OVER BATTERY LEADS.THE RESULTING ARK MELTED COVER CAUSING A CUT TO RIGHT ARM & FLASH BURNS TO ARMS, FACE, ABDOMEN.

Accident type, without injuries

TOP FELL PULLING BOLTS OUT IN AN AREA 20' BY 18' BETWEEN 207-208 XC ON MAIN 9 BELT.

Accident type, without injuries

154 XC WHICH WAS SUPPORTED WITH 6' RESIN AND 12' COMP BOLTS AND STEEL SETS ON 4' CENTERS BROKE LOOSE AND SAT DOWN ON STEELS SET WHICH IN TURN PUSH STEEL SETS TO BELT LEVEL. LOCATION 10 & 04 #3 ENTRY EAST MAINS MAIN 8 BELT.

Accident type, without injuries

CONTINUATION OF OLD FALL, WET AND CRACKED TOP.

Accident type, without injuries

TOP BROKE LOOSE OVER 4 STEELS SETS AT 97XC EAST MAINS AND BOW DOWN THE STEEL SETS WHICH RESTRICTED HAULAGE. CONTINUATION OF OLD FALL.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TIGHTENING UP A 50-TON ROOF JACK HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING PAIN AND SWELLING IN LEFT KNEE.

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

EE WAS TRANSPORTING LONGWALL PANS ON A SHIELD DOLLY. COMING DOWN IN THE DIP AT 343 CROSS CUT, THE DRAW BAR BROKE AND THE DOLLY CAME LOOSE FROM ANOTHER DOLLY. SO EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF JACKIN G THE PAN UP OFF THE LOWBOY SO HE COULD REMOVE THE PIN. WHILE REMOVING THE PIN, THE PAN FELL PINNING THE EE BETWEEN THE PAN AND THE TRACK RAIL.

Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE STARTED CROSSING TRACK WHILE JEEP WAS BACKING UP AND JEEP HIT HIM KNOCKING HIM TO GROUND, FRACTURE LEFT TIBIA.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHANING MOTOR COUPLER TO HIGHER POSITION SO HE COULD HOOK TONGUE OF TRACK CLEANER TO 15 TON MOTOR HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SHOVELING FROZEN COAL AT TAIL OF K2 CONVEYOR FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING BAND OFF CABLE WITH UTILITY KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS LEFT HAND.\

Struck by falling object

WHILE BEGINNING TO INSTALL A BOLT, HE HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON TOP OF THE BOLTER. AS HE REACHED FOR THE CONTROLS A PIECE OF STONE FELL STRIKING THE MIDDLE AND RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARRYING BELT STAND TO XCUT, STEPPED ON UNEVEN BOTTOM TWISTING LEFT KNEE. LAST DAY WORKED: 03/08/01.

2000 · 26 incidents

Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS LOADING 6"" CONCRETE BLOCK IN THE SCOOP BUCKET. THE BUCKET SLID OFF OF THE TRACK RAILPINNING HIS LEFT FOOT TO THE GROUND. (FRACTURED TOES).

Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE ROCKDUSTING 10 BELT WITH HOSE, HE WAS WALKING BACKWARDS AND STEPPED ON A SMALL BOTTOM ROOLER WHICH CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE AND FALL DOWN.

Struck by falling object

MOVING #3 SHIELD. A STONE FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN #3 AND #4 SHIELDS AND STRUCK HIM ON LEFT LITTLE FINGER CAUSING LACERATION.

Struck against stationary object

WHILE WALKING HE STRUCK HIS LEFT EAR ON A LOW HANGING HYLINE PLUG.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MECHANIC INSTALL NEW BELTS ON SECTION FRESH WATER PUMP. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PRY THE BELT INTO PLACE WITH A SCREWDRIVER WHILEPULLING THE BELT WITH HIS OTHER HAND, HIS MIDDLE FINGER GOT CAUGHT UNDERNEATH THE BELT & WAS CUT.

Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL--EAST MAINS TRACK, ENTRY NUMBER 5, STATION NUMBE 91+48.

Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL--#8 BELT, #157 XCUT. ENTRY #3, STATION NUMBER 12+50.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ALONG THE 39 BELT AT BLOCK 193, CONDUCTING A PRE-SHIFT EXAMINATION. HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

Struck against a moving object

RIDING OUTSIDE ON JEEP. SWITCH WAS LEFT OPEN TO PUT EMPTY AWAY AT #6 PASSWAY. JEEP WENT INTO SWITCH AND HIT MOTOR. INJURED WAS THROWN AGAINST JEEP INJURING LEFT HIP AND SHOULDER.

Struck by falling object

WHILE LAYING 6"" BLOCK, LOOSE ROOF FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSING SWELLING TO INDEX FINGER.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

STANDING ON TOPOF 5A MAG SEPARATOR PULLING ON A VALUE CHAIN AND FEL PAIN IN BACK.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING ON WRENCH TIGHTENING A BOLT IN THE MINER HEAD WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE. ALSO HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CUTTING OFF A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TAG USING A RAZOR KNIFE. LOST CONTROL OF KNIFE AND CUT HIS RIGHT THUMB.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS REMOVING A LARGE ROCK FROM THE RAW COAL SCREEN GRIZZLY. HE LIFTED THE ROCK AND TURNED TO DROP IT INTO THE 25 GALLON ROCK DRUM 3WHEN HE FELT A SHARP, STINGING PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER , NECK AND ARM AREA.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

WALKING THRU XCUT 2-1, STEPPED ON A PIECE OF BELT AND FELL. FELT PAIN IN MIDDLE BACK.

Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM COVNEYOR PAN TO CUTTER HEAD. SLIPPED AND STRUCK LEFT KNEE ON C.L.A. IN CONVEYOR PAN.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED WAS CHANGING COUPLER ON MOTOR AND FOOT SLIPPED INTO AREA WHERE BRIDAL BAR IS LOCATED ON SWITCH TO JEEP SHOP. TWISTED LEFT KNEE AND FELL TO GROUND.

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

HAD BELT LAODED ON SCOOP BUCKET. INJURED REACHED IN TO BLOCK STAND UP WHEN IT FELL ON HIS RIGHT HAND. THE STAND FELL FORWARD STRIKING RIGHT HAND AND CATCHING IT BETWEEN STAND AND BOARD ON CAR BEING UNLOADED. LACERATION/FRACTURE RIGHT HAND/ FINGERS.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS USING BAR TO LIFT DRIP PAN BACK ON CAR AFTER IT SLID PART WAY OFF AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER LEFT SIDE TOWARDS BACK.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TAKING DOWN A SPOOL OF PAGER WIRE HE HAD HUNG FROM A PLANK WITH YELLOW ROPES. THE END OF THE DRILL STEEL HOLDING THE SPOOL CAME OUT OF THE ROPE AND THE STEEL AND SPOOL FELL TO THE GROUND. THE STEEL STRUCK THE INJURED ON THE RIGHT EAT CAUSING LACERATIONS.

Struck against stationary object

CLEANING UNDER ROLLERS IN LOW AREA. SHOVELING ON TO BELT WHEN SHOVEL AND HAND HIT BELT THROWING SHOVEL AND HAND BACK AGAINST STEEL SETS ALONG BELT, CAUSING LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

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

INJURED WAS TAKING A JACK AROUND MINER TO SET WHERE WE JUST CUT A CORNER. HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK, THE JACK CAME DOWN ON HIS FINGER FORCING IT INTO SELF RESCUER CAUSING LACERATION.

Struck by falling object

WHILE TRAVELING OUT OF THE MINE THE TROLLEY POLE#23 MAN BUS CAME OFF THE WIRE. THE POLE BASE LIFTED UP ALLOWING THE POLE TO COME DOWN AND STRIKETHE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT SHOULDER AND ARM.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING CABLE OFF REEL BY HAND TO RE-ANCHOR CABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT TRICEP.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING PIN IN LEFT WING JACK 13 MINER. EMPLOYEE HAD A HEADER BOARD UNDER JACK TO ASSIST IN ALIGING JACK AND HAD A BOLT WRENCH IN FRAME OF SHOVEL AND THROUGH EYE OF JACK. HE HAD COWORKERS MOVE JACK HYDRAULICALLY TO ALIGN HOLE UP. IN THEPROCESS HIS FINGERS GOT CAUGHT IN THE JACK CAUSING LACERATION AND A FRACTURE.

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

REACHED INTO TOOL BOX ON TRACK CAR AND LID FELL DOWN CATCHING RIGHT HAND AND FINGER BETWEEN LID AND SIDE OF TOOL BOX. FRACTURE RIGHT INDEX FINGER.