Mining Incidents

Mountain Fork No 1 Coal

C & A Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Edward A Asbury
Caretta, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608863

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2001–2008
Latest incident
Jan 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
141
citations
39
significant & substantial
$15,095
proposed penalties
$14,339
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
2008 Q2 1,777 4 3 2251.0
2007 Q4 12,372 6 3 485.0
2007 Q3 7,855 7 0 891.2
2007 Q2 9,833 1 0 101.7
2007 Q1 4,485 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 635 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 20,932 5 2 238.9
2005 Q3 17,523 14 0 798.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2008 · 1 incident

January 16, 2008 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C & A Coal Company · Struck by falling object

Employee was bolting top. When he started his drill steel, a piece of rock broke out from the top and hit him in the nose.

2007 · 2 incidents

August 2, 2007 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
C & A Coal Company · Struck by falling object

Employee was running #2 Miner in the #6 Block, mining final left when a browl broke loose & fell on his left lower leg; sent employee to have x-ray, nothing broken.

July 31, 2007 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
C & A Coal Company · Fall from machine

The 3 wheeler mantrip operator lost a wheel bearing, causing the brakes to fail. When operator jumped off, he bruised his left shoulder & broke (1) rib bone.

2006 · 6 incidents

August 16, 2006 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
C & A Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

Belt man was traveling #2 haulway, lost his footing on brake pedal and slid in to the rib brushing chest area; still finished his shift.

June 6, 2006 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & A Coal Company · Struck by falling object

Taking miner and water line, water line fell on employee's left shoulder causing a dislocation.

April 12, 2006 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
C & A Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Two employees were hanging miner cable when the cable was pulled down by the machine operator pulling up extra cable.

April 12, 2006 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
C & A Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured EE and co-worker were hanging miner cable, when the cable that the two men were hanging was pulled down by machine operator, pulling extra cable.

March 20, 2006 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
C & A Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

Hurt shoulder on ride going through low top on roadway.

2005 · 1 incident

September 13, 2005 WV · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
C & A Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EE WAS WALKING FROM THE POWER CENTER ENTRY TO CHECK THE DISCHARGE END OF THE FEEDER. WHEN HE WALKED ALONG THE EDGE OF THE FEEDER, HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND THE CONVEYOR CHAIN CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT DRAGGING HIM ONTO THE FEEDER. THE FOREMAN WAS ABLE TO TO STOOP THE FEEDER.

2001 · 1 incident

December 16, 2001 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C & A Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

FAULT IN STRATA THAT COULD NOT BE DETECTED DURING REGULAR BOLTING CYCLE AND ALSO HAD TENSION CRACKS IN THE ROOF. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WAS INSTALLED IN THE AREA.