Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Coal dust
Tunnel MineCoal
Independence Coal Company LLC · Underground
Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc
Naoma, Raleigh County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608655
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000–2015
- Latest incident
- Jun 2015
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2015 · 2 incidents
Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Exposure to Coal Dust
2013 · 1 incident
Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH COAL WORKERS PNEUMOCONIOSIS WITH NO SIGNIFICANT PULMONARY IMPAIRMENT. PATIENT COULD DO PREVIOUS JOB. SPIROMETRY SHOWS ONLY MILD OBSTRUCTION. SHOULD NOT OFFER SIGNIFICANT BARRIER TO EXERCISE REQUIRED BY PREVIOUS JOB. REPORT BY DOCTOR BOARD CERTIFIED IN INTERNAL MEDICINE AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST.EE RETIRED 11/20/2012
2000 · 2 incidents
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS TIGHTENING THE HOSE ON THE HEAD JACK. AS HE WAS TIGHTENING THE HOSE, HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. EE FINISHED HIS SHIFT AND THEN WENT TO HOSPITAL. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WI TH A SPRAINED KNEE. EE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY, 8-25-00.
Contact with electrical current
EE STATED THAT HE WAS SHOCKED WHILE STANDINB BESIDE THE R/B IN ABOUT 2"" OF WATER. HE HAD HIS LEFT HAND ON AN INSTALLED ROOF BOLT, BUT WAS NOT TOUCHING THE ROOF BOLT MACHINE NOR THE ROOF BOLTER CABLE. HE COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAIN, WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL. HE COULD NOT SEE A SPECIALIST UNTIL 7-18 & AT THAT TIME HE WAS RELEASED TO WORK.