EE WAS HELPING LOAD MINING EQUIPMENT ONTO A TRUCK. WHILE DOING SO HE CUT HIS FINGER ON A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE. (THIS REPORT IS LATE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE ACCIDENT UNTIL I RECEIVED THE PAPERWORK FROM THE HOSPITAL. I WAS TOLD HE JUST QUIT).
Muddy Bridge Branch No. 1 MineCoal
Pioneer Mining, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources Holdings, Inc
Davin, Logan County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608701
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Years on record
- 2000–2002
- Latest incident
- Aug 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file2002 · 1 incident
Struck against stationary object
2001 · 6 incidents
Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE WITH 2 OTHER MEN WHEN HERNIA OCCURRED.
Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CRAWLING ON KNEES MADE A TURN HURT LEFT KNEE.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BOLTING TOP PUSHING FINISHING STEEL UP IN HOLE WITH POT CAUGHT RIGHT HAND FOREFINGER.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
RIGHT HAND HURT WHILE PUTTING UP GLUE BOLT, TRYING TO GET BENT PART IN HOLE, USING HEAD OF BOLTER, BENT AND CAUGHT HAND.
2000 · 4 incidents
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MINER OPERATOR WAS MOVING MINER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY, HURT LOWER BACK.
Struck by falling object
TRAMMING TOWARD FACE IN SCOOP FRONT LIGHT FELL OFF AND HIT HIS LEFT LEG.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SHOVELING NO. 1 TAILPIECE IN A STANDING POSITION TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TAKING BOLTER CABLE DOWN, OPERATOR HAD REEL IN ACCIDENTALLY CABLE TOOK UP & FLIPPED PIN HELPER.