Mining Incidents

Patton No 11 Coal

DFM Coal, LLC · Surface
Wharncliffe, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608904

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2002–2016
Latest incident
Jun 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
128
citations
67
significant & substantial
$71,322
proposed penalties
$44,699
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 1,082 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,198 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 900 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,332 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,206 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,856 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,197 5 0 4177.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2016 · 1 incident

June 21, 2016 WV · Coal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DFM Coal, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Was coming back from car stepped over gate and missed stepped and fell on face, skinned knees and elbows, jammed wrists and shoulder, chipped tooth. No first aid on job, not reported at time of accident. Went to doctor the next day x-rayed didn't find anything wrong.

2012 · 1 incident

September 6, 2012 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
DFM Coal, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was going to move the Komatsu 200 excavator that was owned by a contractor which had a broke door glass. When he went to open the door, some slivers of glass went into his eye. We attempted to wash it out and could not, so we took him to the Emergency Room. Which the glass was washed out and he returned to work.

2007 · 1 incident

February 1, 2007 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Appalachian Fuels LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was on a dozer when he got his foot tangled up in the track, lost his balance and fell to the ground.

2006 · 1 incident

January 7, 2006 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Appalachian Fuels LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting on a slate bar while trying to hook up a chain link on a road grader and strained his lower back. Employee did not report accident until 1-10-2006. Employee missed one day of work

2005 · 1 incident

November 4, 2005 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Appalachian Fuels LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a loader when he backed into high wall and damaged the equipment. At the end of the shift, employee left the job without reporting the damages. On 11/4/05 employee called in and wanted the day off, wife hand delivered the Workers Comp WC-1 form and alledged the employee had an injury.Employee filed claim after he was terminated.

2003 · 1 incident

February 20, 2003 WV · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nell Jean Industries, Inc. · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON LEFT FRONT FENDER PLATFORM, CLEANING WINDSHIELD, WHEN HE FELL OFF LOADER AND LANDED ON HIS BACK.

2002 · 1 incident

September 17, 2002 WV · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nell Jean Industries, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED GETTING ON THE BACKHOE. AS HE WAS FALLING, HE GRABBED THE HANDRAIL AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS GROIN. EE DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 9-24-02.