Mining Incidents

No 52 Mine Coal

Energy Plus Inc · Underground
Controlled by Thomas W Lusk
Keystone, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608604

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2000–2002
Latest incident
Dec 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
111
citations
38
significant & substantial
$9,433
proposed penalties
$8,926
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 24,450 11 2 449.9
2002 Q3 14,573 14 7 960.7
2002 Q2 16,268 21 7 1290.9
2002 Q1 13,760 26 12 1889.5
2001 Q4 14,651 8 2 546.0
2001 Q3 2,438 2 0 820.3
2001 Q2 469 8 1 17057.6
2001 Q1 1,429 8 3 5598.3
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2002 · 13 incidents

December 30, 2002 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Energy Plus Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING TO SET TIMBERS FOR LAST LIFT THAT HAD BEEN MINED WHEN A KETTLE BOTTOM TURNED LOOSE IN THE TOP AND STRUCK HIM ON LOWER HALF OF BODY.

September 9, 2002 WV · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
Energy Plus Inc · Struck against a moving object

HAULER STOPPED SUDDENLY

August 7, 2002 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Plus Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LOADING RESIN ONTO BOLTER, LEFT SIDE LOWER BACK.

July 19, 2002 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Energy Plus Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

UNDER SCOOP WELDING WHEN SLAG POPPED UNDER WELDING SHIELD. HIT IN LEFT EYE.

July 17, 2002 WV · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator ELECTRICAL
Energy Plus Inc · Flash burns (electric)

COAL HAULER OPERATOR WENT TO CHANGE BATTERIES AND PLUGGED JUMPER CABLE TO FIRST SET OF BATTERIES FIRST AND WHEN HE PLUGGED THE OTHER END UP IT WENT TO GROUND IN HAULER END OF PLUG AND BLEW UP IN HIS FACE.

July 16, 2002 WV · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
Energy Plus Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE COAL FEEDER CONVEYOR WAS HUNG UP, IT WAS BEING CLEARED. THE EMPLOYEE HAD HIS FOOT IN CONVEYOR & THE CHAIN WAS REVERSED. THE EMPLOYEE'S WERE TOLD THE CHAIN WAS GOING TO BE RAN, THEN THE MAN 'S FOOT GOT RAN UNDER GUARD AT TAILSHAFT.

June 6, 2002 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Energy Plus Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN RIB AND BOLTS APPROX 8' BY 2' BY 6' STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON SHOULDER.

April 24, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Plus Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE AND WIRE BROKE, LETTING CABLE STRIKE EE ACROSS BACK.

March 28, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Energy Plus Inc · Struck by falling object

HE DROPPED ROCK DUSTER ON FINGER BUSTING FINGER.

February 12, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Plus Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PLACE WAS HIGH CABLE HAD NO SLACK HARD TO HANG.

January 26, 2002 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Energy Plus Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MINER OPER, WAS PULLING CABLE OUT OF THE ROAD AND HURT HIS BACK.

2000 · 1 incident

December 9, 2000 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
High Knob Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A TIMBER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT LEG.