Mining Incidents

Mammoth Coal Co. Surface Mine Coal

Mammoth Coal Co. · Surface
Cannelton, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608110

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2000–2019
Latest incident
Jul 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
118
citations
59
significant & substantial
$40,489
proposed penalties
$20,680
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
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 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

13 on file

2019 · 1 incident

July 12, 2019 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mammoth Coal Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Piston from brake accumulator contacted employees hand unexpectedly as another mechanic was driving the piston out of the accumulator.

2010 · 1 incident

February 3, 2010 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Mammoth Coal Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE exited cab of articulating truck after he had raised the bed. He walked behind the truck to hook a chain to a pipe to drag up a hill. A piece of frozen material broke loose and rolled out of the truck bed and struck him in the left knee.

2008 · 1 incident

July 21, 2008 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mammoth Coal Co. · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee states he was unaware of handrail being hot from recent welding and grabbed handrail, suffering 2nd degree burn to right palm.

2007 · 2 incidents

October 12, 2007 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Mammoth Coal Co. · Struck against a moving object

A non-fatal excavator accident occurred on 10/12/07 when the Hitachi 450 Excavator was clearing trees from below and above the high wall. While attempting to push them down, the excavator came too close to the edge and slipped over the high wall.

January 29, 2007 WV · Coal rodman, surveyor/transit helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mammoth Coal Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cut right hand on edge of marking pain spray can thrown to employee by another.

2004 · 1 incident

August 19, 2004 WV · Coal water truck operator OTHER
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING ACROSS CAB OF WATER TRUCK TO SHUT THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR AND FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LOWER BACK.

2003 · 2 incidents

September 30, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE DISMOUNTING 988 END LOADER FROM RIGHT REAR STEP, MISSED BOTTOM STEP. THIS CAUSED INJURY BY FALLING INTO STEP BRACKET. INJURY TO RIGHT RIBCAGE (2 BROKEN RIBS).

February 18, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SITTING ON A BUCKET TIGHTENING BOLTS ON A FRONT SUSPENSION CYLINDER, STOOD UP AND BACK AND MID-SECTION STARTED HURTING.

2002 · 4 incidents

February 6, 2002 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS USING SLEDGEHAMMER ON BOLTS, RESULTING IN SWELLING & NUMBNESS OF HIS HANDS.

January 30, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

PRESSURE WASHING PARTS AND SPRAY GOT IN HIS FACE.

January 27, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS PRESSURE WASHING THE STRUCTURE THEY WERE WORKING ON AND THE SPRAY GOT UNDER HIS FACE SHIELD. THE ALKALINE MIXTURE BURNED HIS FACE.

January 3, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WORKING IN AN ACCESS PANEL AND LOST HIS BALANCE CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS ELBOW ON CRIBBING. EE WAS TREATED ON 1/4/02 AND RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK, BUT HE LEFT THE JOB EARLY. WE HAD NOT HEARD FROM HIM AND WERE NOT ABLE TO CONTACT HIM SINCE THAT DATE. I RECIEVED AN OFF WORK SLIP FOR PERIOD 1/8/02 TO PRESENT FROM A DR. TODAY MAKING THE INJURY REPORTABLE.

2000 · 1 incident

August 1, 2000 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Fall down stairs

EE STATED THAT WHILE DISMOUNTING THE GRADER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM STEP AND JAMMED HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE GROUND.