Mining Incidents

Winifrede #1 Mine Coal

Mammoth Coal Co · Underground
Cannelton, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608867

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
2005–2007
Latest incident
Aug 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
160
citations
85
significant & substantial
$164,072
proposed penalties
$95,804
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 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,614 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 23,273 20 11 859.4
2007 Q1 32,315 7 2 216.6
2006 Q4 4,873 32 6 6566.8
2006 Q3 14,900 17 11 1140.9
2006 Q2 7,826 24 16 3066.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

2007 · 10 incidents

August 13, 2007 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mammoth Coal Co · Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned roof fall occurred near spad 1396. Fall measured 48'L X 10'H X 15' W. No accidents reported. Area deveopled around 07/20/2007.

August 13, 2007 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mammoth Coal Co · Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned roof fall occurred near spad 1410 intake entry. Fall measured 30' L X 7' H X 12' W. No accidents reported. Area developed 7/20/2007.

July 27, 2007 WV · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mammoth Coal Co · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING GET TIMBERS OFF SCOOP WHEN ONE FELL AND HIT HIS RIGHT FOOT.

April 17, 2007 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mammoth Coal Co · Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned roof fall occurred in the winifrede mine that measured 50' long x 8' thick and 18 1/2' wide.

March 21, 2007 WV · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mammoth Coal Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was prying with a slate bar when he felt a pop in his right shoulder. Date with specialist on 4/3/07 states he has a torn rotator cuff.

February 27, 2007 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mammoth Coal Co · Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned roof fall occurred in the Winifrede mine that measured approximately 8' in height, 7' in width and 19' in length.

February 22, 2007 WV · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mammoth Coal Co · Struck by falling object

EE and co-worker were removing stopping when a rock measuring 22" in length by 15" in width and 5" thick fell and struck him on the head causing a fracture in his T-3 vertebrae.

February 15, 2007 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mammoth Coal Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Member was putting a nylon hanger around 4 inch waterline. The waterline fell catching his right hand int he j-hook on the hanger.

January 31, 2007 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mammoth Coal Co · Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned roof fall occurred in the Winifrede Mine that measured approximately 35' in length, 18' in width and 6 1/2' in height.

2006 · 8 incidents

December 2, 2006 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mammoth Coal Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was watching the roof bolter cable as the bolter was backing up. He stepped in a hole, causing his left ankle to twist.

November 1, 2006 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mammoth Coal Co · Accident type, without injuries

Unplanned roof fall occured old works, mouth of 2nd right panel between spad #308 & #317, #3 entry. Fall measured 65'long x 19'wide x 7-8'high. No accidents reported. The area was developed in December 2005.

October 27, 2006 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mammoth Coal Co · Struck by falling object

He was installing 10' cable bolts and the roof bolt plate came down and struck his left wrist causing a 7 in. laceration.

September 26, 2006 WV · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator MACHINERY
Mammoth Coal Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee had a piece of drill steel hung n chuck. He took a hammer and hit drill steel to try and loosen it. He accidentally bumped joystick and rotated steel striking him in the left wrist.

August 31, 2006 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Mammoth Coal Co · Fall onto or against objects

Member was in process of moving up flypads. He went to get his hammer off continuous miner. A piece of rib rolled out hitting him in his back causing him to stumble and strike his forehead.

August 18, 2006 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mammoth Coal Co · Struck by falling object

Member was coming out of #4 into #5 when shuttle car hit top and broke the plate off a roof bolt. Bolt plate came down and struck his left hand causing a laceration.

March 27, 2006 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mammoth Coal Co · Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned roof fall occured on MMU-003-0 section at the #7 intersection. Fall measured 30' in length, 16' in width and 4' - 9' in height. Inby spad #462 no accidents reported.

March 11, 2006 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mammoth Coal Co · Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned roof fall occurred on MMU 003-0 section in the face of #10 entry. The fall measured 12' x 5' thick, 6' wide. No accident reported. Fall was one break to the right of spad 443.

2005 · 2 incidents

September 26, 2005 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mammoth Coal Co · Struck by falling object

MEMBER WAS BUILDING A PERMANENT STOPPING WHEN IT FELL LANDING ON HIM CAUSING A LACERASTION TO HIS HEAD.

June 28, 2005 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mammoth Coal Co · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE FELL OVER A TIE AND HIT HIS KNEE CAP ON A RAIL