Mining Incidents

Covington Coal Company #1 Mine Coal

Controlled by Peter K Moran
Ashford, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609010

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2005–2014
Latest incident
May 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
70
citations
30
significant & substantial
$38,330
proposed penalties
$12,592
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
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 1 0
2014 Q2 0 10 3
2013 Q4 8,760 1 0 114.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2014 · 2 incidents

May 23, 2014 WV · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Covington Coal Company LLC · Fall from machine

Operator stepped out of cab of dozer to use bathroom. He thinks he blacked out and fell off D10R Cat dozer. Hit his head and elbow as he fell. He does take blood pressure medicine - which may have caused him to black out.

March 18, 2014 WV · Coal mechanic helper FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Covington Coal Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Wet soft muddy ground cause blocks to sink. Truck was blocked with 6"x36" wooden blocks. Front brakes and rotors were being replaced. Truck was blocked on drivers side. Started to jack up passenger when blocks gave way in the soft ground causing the truck to shift side ways and fall off one of the blocks.

2009 · 1 incident

March 11, 2009 WV · Coal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pritchard Mining Co., Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was climbing the ladder on a Cat 777C rock truck. While climbing the ladder, he bumped his foot on the ladder which caused injury to right foot toe joint.

2008 · 4 incidents

December 9, 2008 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pritchard Mining Co., Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mounting 922C endloader. Slipped when he lost his footing, catching himself with handrails resulting in pulling his right shoulder.

October 28, 2008 WV · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pritchard Mining Co., Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator was dismounting a drill. As he put his left foot on the ground, it went into a void, or hole, in the bench causing his foot to turn toes up. This stretched the back of heel and back of calf. He still had his other foot and both hands on the ladder, preventing him from putting his full weight on his foot.

October 6, 2008 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pritchard Mining Co., Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cutting zip ties with knife, when tie cut/stabbed leg.

April 7, 2008 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pritchard Mining Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting battery out of battery crate on lower end of maintenance area for grader. Side of crate broke causing employee to fall. He said he bruised his left ankle. He said he was OK and didn't need an EMT or did not need medical attention. I told him we would fill out a report and he said OK.

2007 · 2 incidents

September 5, 2007 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Pritchard Mining Co., Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE was backing up in a D10 Dozer and backed over a rock causing the dozer to hit down on the fill jarring his back. He decided it was not necessary to go to the doctor's office at this time and kept working.

June 28, 2007 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pritchard Mining Co., Inc. · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE stated that he was standing on a berm and stumbled which resulted in falling approx 3' onto his shoulder. Shoulder jammed on left side & right shin had small abrasion.

2006 · 2 incidents

August 16, 2006 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Pritchard Mining Co., Inc. · Struck by flying object

Using a grinder on a piece of equipment that he was welding on, when a piece went into his eye.

July 13, 2006 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pritchard Mining Co., Inc. · Struck against a moving object

During the day, EE loaded wet hole bags and he also stated that he was jostled around in his truck by a rock. We loaded a total of 120 wet hole bags, which is not normal duty. EE stated pain got worse as day went on. Back hurting, not sure what actually happened.

2005 · 1 incident

June 13, 2005 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pritchard Mining Co., Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Mechanic was working on lights on 301 D10N when operator EE went to get off of dozer to use the bathroom when he slipped and fell on push arm of dozer. NOTE: He missed 6/14/05, worked thru 6/15/05 and missed 6/16/05 and 06/17/05