Mining Incidents

Feats LoadoutCoal

Holden, Logan County, WV · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4604669
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2018
Latest incident
Jun 2018
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2018 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was changing oxygen sensor on company truck. When EE cut the clip off EE cut EE's right hand thumb with EE's knife requiring 3 stitches.

2013 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was moving a roller when his foot slipped causing him to jam his knee. The employee continued to work until he was taken off for a non-work related injury to his foot. While off work because of his foot he had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee on February 12, 2014. He is still off recovering from his foot surgery. He is not off work because of his knee injury.

2011 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Member was using a pocket knife to cut a rubber fuel line for a backhoe. The knife went through the rubber faster than expected, cutting through his glove and cutting his right thumb.

2003 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

THE RD 800 SERIES MACK TANDEM WAS TRAVELING FROMTHE HIGH WALL MINER PIT TO PREPARATION PLANT DUMPSITE. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HE HEARD A POP NOISE UNER THE HOOD, HE THEN STOPPED TO CHECK THE T RUCK, TRUCK WAS ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD,FLAMES WERE COMING THROUGH THE DASH FIREWALL AREA. SAFETYCREW WAS CALLED AND FIRE WAS CONTAINED:PROBABLE CAUSE:LINE BLOWN SPRAYING OIL IN TURBO.

2002 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS INSTALLING 480 VOLT SERVICES FOR LOADOUT, EE STEPPED DOWN OFF TRUCK & SPRAINED KNEE.

2001 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS WORKING 4'-5' OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUCKBIN WELDING AR PLATE ON THE SIDE WHILE STANDING ON A SCAFFOLD BOARD. THE BOTTOM OF THE BIN WAS CLOSED. THE SCAFFOLD BOARD SLIPPED BACKWARDS WHIL E HE WAS SHIFTING HIS WEIGHT TO WELD A PLATE IN THE CORNER. HE FELL THE 4' CATCHING HIS SHOULDERON THE ANGLE HOLDING THE BOARD AFTER LOSING HIS BALANCE.