Mining Incidents

Dobbin Ridge Prep PlantCoal

Vindex Energy LLC · Facility
Controlled by Arch Resources Inc
Mt. Storm, WV, Grant County, WV · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607837
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
24
Years on record
2000–2017
Latest incident
Jan 2017
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

24 on file

2017 · 1 incident

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

Employee was moving a piece of plywood and smashed finger between it and concrete causing a small fracture and cut to little finger.

2012 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Worker was cleaning debris from roller on raw coal belt. Belt was locked out and tagged. As debris was removed, stored tension caused the belt to move trapping the workers right hand and arm between the roller and belt up to his shoulder. Initial injury report is a cracked ulna bone with possible torn ligaments. Further test and injury results pending.

2011 · 2 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE heard a noise in the truck shop so he unlocked it & went inside to check it out & a man came full force at him. Employee pushed him away & then the man punched him in the nose. EE hit him 2 or 3 times in the face with his fist & the man landed on the floor. EE put his knee on his back & heard footsteps behind him then was hit in the head. He was unconscious for about 40 minutes

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking through the plant and stepped in a hole causing him to sprain his left ankle.

2008 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

A contractor was reteiving some drag line parts from an abandon truck shop. One of the contrator employees was attempting to disengage a parts rack with a cutting torch. Sparks from the torch caught the back wall on fire. The fire quickly spread to the roof and was immediately out of control. Local fire departments were summoned, but the building was a complete loss.

2005 · 5 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a pry bar in an attempt to remove a final drive when he felt something give in his back.

Struck by flying object

Employee was fabricating steel bars for a breaker when a piece of steel lodged in his right eye.

Struck by falling object

Employee was lowering a drill cylinder to the ground when the choker cable slipped and released the cylinder. The cylinder fell on top of him and pinned him to the ground.

Struck against a moving object

EE was in the process of dumping a tri-axle load of coal when the truck tipped over. the ee suffered a laceration to his right ear.

Struck against a moving object

Unloading tri-axle dump truck when the hoist broke through the bed causing the employee to bounce into top of the cab.

2004 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE PREP PLANT WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A FLOOR SUMP AND BRUISED HIS SHIN AND KNEE.

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

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN A TRUCK TAILGATE TO SEE IF ALL THE COAL HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BED. THE WEIGHT OF THE TAILGATE PULLED HIM FORWARD AND PINNED HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE TAILGATE AND THE BODY OF THE TRUCK.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP A CHUTE WITH AN OVERHEAD CRANE WHEN THE CHUTE MOVED AND PINCHED HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE CHUTE AND SEPARATOR.

2003 · 3 incidents

Fall from ladders

EE WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER AND HIS LEFT LEG MISSED A RUNG ON THE LADDER CAUSING ALL OF HIS WEIGHT TO BE PLACED ON HIS RIGHT LEG. EE STATED THIS CAUSED HIS RIGHT KNEE TO BE INJURED

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING AN AIRLINE ON A 769 C CAT TRUCK. HE WENT TO REACH UPWARD TOWARDS THE AIRLINE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS HANDLING A HYRAULIC CYLINDER BY HAND AND IT ROLLED OVER AND PINCHED HIS LEFT ARM AGAINST OTHER CYLINDER.

2002 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING ON A WRENCH WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN THE LITTLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND. HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM THE NEXT DAY WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BR OKEN FINGER.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A RAILROAD CAR BRAKE WHEEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF RELEASING IT WHEN HE FELT A PULL AND STRAIN IN HIS LEFT UPPER ARM.

Struck by flying object

EE WAS USING A RED DEVIL COME-ALONG TO LIFT AND HOLD A STEEL PLATE WHEN THE CABLE BROKE CAUSING EITHER THE HOOK OR HANDLE TO STRIKE HIS RIGHT LEG.

2001 · 2 incidents

Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS CUTTING BOLTS OFF SCRAPER AND INHALED FUMES.

Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF SHARP RUSTY GRATING SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST HIS LEFT FOREARM.

2000 · 3 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A WRENCH TO REMOVE A BOLT WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED & MASHED THE END OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE WRENCH & A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON

Over-exertion in lifting objects

TWISTED BACK WHILE LOGOING HYDRUALIC PUMP AND PRESS UNIT.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON THE EDGE OF THE ROAD AND SLIPPED ON THE ICE TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.