Mining Incidents

Dobbin Ridge Prep Plant Coal

Vindex Energy LLC · Facility
Controlled by Arch Resources Inc
Mt. Storm, WV, Grant County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607837

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
24
Years on record
2000–2017
Latest incident
Jan 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
174
citations
104
significant & substantial
$34,396
proposed penalties
$24,933
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q3 4,744 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,894 1 1 145.1
2018 Q1 6,097 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,709 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,971 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 750 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,326 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,178 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

24 on file

2017 · 1 incident

January 18, 2017 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vindex Energy LLC · 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

August 22, 2012 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Vindex Energy Corporation · 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

November 28, 2011 WV · Coal security guard, watchman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vindex Energy Corporation · 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

November 14, 2011 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vindex Energy Corporation · 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

February 11, 2008 WV · Coal FIRE
Vindex Energy Corporation · 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

November 28, 2005 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · 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.

November 18, 2005 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

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

November 7, 2005 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · 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.

February 17, 2005 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · 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.

January 31, 2005 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · 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

November 23, 2004 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · 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.

September 13, 2004 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · 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.

May 22, 2004 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · 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

September 23, 2003 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · 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

August 25, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · 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.

June 24, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · 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

December 7, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · 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.

April 1, 2002 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · 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.

February 24, 2002 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · 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

January 23, 2001 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS CUTTING BOLTS OFF SCRAPER AND INHALED FUMES.

January 18, 2001 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

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

2000 · 3 incidents

November 8, 2000 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · 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

October 24, 2000 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TWISTED BACK WHILE LOGOING HYDRUALIC PUMP AND PRESS UNIT.

January 24, 2000 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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