Mining Incidents

Molloy-Fayette Highwall Miner (2) Coal

Molloy Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Pittston Company
Brownsville, Fayette County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607958

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
Oct 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
40
citations
36
significant & substantial
$5,162
proposed penalties
$4,962
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
2002 Q4 1,180 4 4 3389.8
2002 Q3 12,958 2 2 154.3
2002 Q2 12,034 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 14,956 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 15,176 4 4 263.6
2001 Q3 14,775 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 14,505 28 24 1930.4
2001 Q1 14,567 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

5 on file

2002 · 1 incident

October 1, 2002 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Molloy Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS GETTING OUT OF TRUCK & BUMPED HIS HAND ON ARMREST ON DOOR. ON 10-14-02 EE WENT TO THE DOCTOR & WAS DIAGNOSE AS HAVING A NON DISPLACED FRACTURE OF 5TH METACARPAL. EE CONTINUES TO WORK & PERFORM HIS NORMAL DUTIES.

2001 · 2 incidents

December 30, 2001 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Molloy Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE LAUNCH OBSERVING RETRIEVER SYSTEM BEING PULLED WITH A CHAIN TO MAKE ANOTHER CONNECTION. THE 3/4" ALLOY HARDENED CHAIN FAILED CAUSING 2 LINKS & A GRAB HOOK TO BECOME AIRBOURNE STRIKING HIM JUST ABOVE HIS LEFT KNEE CAUSING A COMPOUND FRACTURE.

September 29, 2001 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Molloy Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UN-HOOKING CAT HEAD FOR CARS WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND CAUGHT HIS RING FINGER BETWEEN THE CAT HEAD AND THE CAR FRAME CAUSING A FRACTURE TO THE END HOINT OF HIS FINGER. E MPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK.

2000 · 2 incidents

July 12, 2000 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Molloy Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING A WIRE PULL ROPE FROM A DOZER AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. 0N 7/17/00 HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AND IS TO BEGIN THERAPY ON 7/24/00 FOR THIS EVENT. THEREFORE IT IS A MEDICAL OCCURENCE ONLY. HE WILL NOT BE AWAY FROM WORK.

May 31, 2000 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Molloy Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN REMOVING DRAW ROCK FROM THE TOP OF THE MINER. AS THE ROCK WAS SLIDING OFF FROM THE MINER, HE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROCK AND DOOR ON LAUNCH VEHICLE. THE EMPL OYEE WAS WEARING GLOVES. SUTURES AND A FINGER SPLINT FOR THE FRACTURE IS THE TREATMENT RECEIVED.