Mining Incidents

Jims Branch No 1Coal

Baylor Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Robert L Worley
New Richmond, Wyoming County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608537
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
Jun 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

Struck by rolling or sliding object

TRAMMING MINER OUT OF PILLAR LIFT WHEN RIB ROLLED OUT. TWISTED LT. KNEE.

Accident type, without injuries

ROCK FALL 2 1/2 BRKS INBY SPAD 1278 #5 ENTRY NE MAINS 2ND LIFT. ROOF FALL WAS RECEIVED ON 3/8/02.

2001 · 8 incidents

Struck against stationary object

EEW WAS RIDING IN MANTRIP, RAISED UP AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON ROOF OF MINE, INJURING HIS NECK.

Struck by falling object

BUILDING INTAKE STOPPING WHEN BLOCK ROLLED OVER ON RT HAND.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS HANGING CABLE WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM. BOTTOM SLICK. HURT HIS BACK.

Struck by falling object

EE HAD WENT INTO FACE OF #4 ENTRY WITH BOLTER OPERATOR & BOLTER AND WAS REMOVING REFLECTOR FROM 2ND ROW OF BOLTS, WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL, STRIKING EE ON THE HEAD AND DRIVING HIM DOWN T O THE BOTTOM, BREAKING HIS LOWER LEG AND POSSIBLY HIS THIGH. (RT. LEG)

Struck against a moving object

TRANSPORTING 2 MEN AND OVERLOADED MAC 8 (PERSONEL CARRIER) UP HILL WHEN AXLE STRIPPED CAUSING IT TO ROLL BACKWARDS HITTING RIB. EMPLOYEE COMPLAINING OF BACK, RIBS HIP.

Struck by rolling or sliding object

IN THE PROCESS OF RESETTING MINER TO GET #3 LIFTWHEN SMALL PIECE OF COAL RIB ROLLED OVER, STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT ANKLE. POSSIBLE BROKEN ANKLE.

Struck against stationary object

OPERATING RAILRUNNER-WAS LOOKING DOWN. WHEN HE RAISED UP AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A CABLE GOING ACROSS ENTRY. HE HAS PAIN IN MIDDLE OF BACK BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES & NUMBNESS IN BOTH HANDS.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING T 3 WHEEL MANTRIP WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLIPPED ON SLICK FLOOR, TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.

2000 · 9 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

HANG MINER CABLE WHEN HE PULLED SOMETHING IN STOMACH. ACCIDENT REPORTED ON 10-9-00.

Fall from machine

FELL GETTING OUT ON MANTRIP ON SLICK ROCK BOTTOM.

Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN AN INTERSECTION ONE X-CUT IN BY SPAD #1682 IN #4 ENTRY; AIR FLOW WAS DIRECTED AROUND THIS AREA. FALL IS APPROX. 20' W, 25' LONG AND 5' HIGH.

Struck against a moving object

WHILE RIDING ON A DEMASCUS 3 WHEEL MANTRIP, OPERATOR LOST CONTROL WHEN HE TRIED TO BACK INTO A XCUT ON A STEEP GRAD, UPSETTING THE MANTRIP.

Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING DEMASCUS 3 WHEEL MANTRIP, ATTEMPTED TO BACK INTO A XCUT ON A STEEP GRADE WHEN THE REAR OF MANTRIP STRUK THE RIB AND UPSET THE MANTRIP.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY SO SHUTTLE CAR WOULDN'T RUN OVER CABLE.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

PULLING MINER CABLE ON SLICK BOTTOM AND SLIPEPD AND FELL STRIKING ELBOW AND SHOULDER ON BOTTOM.

Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL AT SPAD 5592 #6 ENTRY IN INTERSECTION. APPROX 20'X20'X5'H 2500 OUTBY SECTION (WISHFUL MAINS) 4' GLUE BOLTS USED-INTAKE DANGERED AND TIMBERED OFF.

Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL AT SPAD 5584 IN INTERSECTION NO INJRIES NO ESCAPEWAY OR AIRWAYS AFFECTED.