MASSIVE ROOF FALL ON 2-13-91 ABOUT 4:00 PM. EXTENDED FROM FACE TO ABOUT 3 CROSSCUTS OUTBY, EST UP TO 12 FT THICK. RECOVERY CREWS USED COMPRESSED AIR PICKS TO BREAK UP MASSIVE ROCK TO REACH V ICTIMS
#1: 4 recorded fatalities Coal
MSHA record for #1 (mine ID 4405668). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 4
- Total incidents
- 56
- Years on record
- 1983–1994
- Latest incident
- Mar 1994
- P & M Coal Company 1981 to 1982
- Lj'S Coal Corp 1982 to 1985
- Swift Coal Company 1985 to 1990
- J & T Coal Inc 1990 to 1993
- Trinity Coal Inc 1993 to present
#1 sits in Lee County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% of county employment.
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Fatalities at this mine
4 recordedMASSIVE ROOF FALL ON 2-13-91 ABOUT 4:00 PM. EXTENDED FROM FACE TO ABOUT 3 CROSSCUTS OUTBY, EST UP TO 12 FT THICK. RECOVERY CREWS USED COMPRESSED AIR PICKS TO BREAK UP MASSIVE ROCK TO REACH V ICTIMS
MASSIVE ROOF FALL ON 2-13-91 ABOUT 4:00 PM. EXTENDED FROM FACE TO ABOUT 3 CROSSCUTS OUTBY, EST UP TO 12 FT THICK. RECOVERY CREWS USED COMPRESSED AIR PICKS TO BREAK UP MASSIVE ROCK TO REACH V ICTIMS
MASSIVE ROOF FALL ON 2-13-91 ABOUT 4:00 PM. EXTENDED FROM FACE TO ABOUT 3 CROSSCUTS OUTBY, EST UP TO 12 FT THICK. RECOVERY CREWS USED COMPRESSED AIR PICKS TO BREAK UP MASSIVE ROCK TO REACH V ICTIMS
Reportable incidents
52 on file (excluding fatalities above)1994 · 5 incidents
DRILLING ROCK & GOT A PIECE IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
GETTING GLUE OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET & HURT BACK.
HE WAS TIGHTENING UP ON A COME-A-LONG WHEN THE CHAIN BROKE & THE COME-A-LONG HIT HIM IN HIS RIGHT SIDE.
BRIDGE CARRIER WAS STUCK IN THE MUD. THE PERSON WAS HELPING GET IT OUT & CARRIER SLIDE OVER ON HIS FOOT.
WORKING ON 506 JEFFERY BRIDGE CARRIER AND WHILE REMOVING THE CONVEYOR SPEED REDUCER PROPPED IT ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
1993 · 5 incidents
PICKE DUP A PIECE OF METAL AND HURT BACK.
PICKED UP CRIB BLOCK & STARTED WALKING WITH IT AND HURT HIS BACK.
GOT RIGHT THUMB CUAGHT IN CARRIER BEARING WHEN PULLING DRILL STEEL OUT OF TEST HOLE.
SETTING TIMBERS ON BELT LINE & A PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON LEFT HAND MASHING LITTLE FINGER
EE WAS WALKING TO RESET BREAKER FOR MINER & BUMPED HIS HEAD ON A ROOF BOLT
1992 · 9 incidents
38920IS A SEPARATE REPORT FOR THE 2ND ROCK FALL THAT OCCURRED IN THE #2 INTAKE ENTRY BETWEEN THE #1 & #2 ENTRYS AT THE #24 CROSSCUT THE LENGTH WAS APPROX 70FT LONG & 20FT WIDE & 6FT THICK IT O 33499ED 1300FT OUTBY FACE AREA THIS FALL WAS REPORTED IN REPORT SUBMITTED 08-20-92
20457LANNED ROOF FALLS. 1ST FALL OCCURE DINT EH #3 INTAK ENTRY FROM THE #22 CROSSCUT TO THE #24 CROSS CUT APP. LENTH 180'X20'WX6'THICK 2ND FALL OCCURE DINT EH #2 INTAKE ENTRY BETWEEN #1 & #2 55398S AT THE #24 CROSS CUT. APP. LENGTH 70'X20'WIDE AND 6' THICK. BOTH FALLS OCCURRED APP 1300 FEET OUTBY FACE AREA.
WORKING ON SPEEDREDUCER ON BELT DRIVE & HURT BACK WHILE MOVING REDUCER AROUND
PUTTING WATERLINE TOGETHER AND CLAMP SLIPPED AND CUT HAND.
WALKING THROUGH COAL PIT AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.
MOVING HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN OUTSIDE WAREHOUSE,PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
DRILLING TEST HOLE WITH BOLTMACHINE & PIECE OF CAP COAL FELL HITTING HIM & CAUSING A CUT ON THE RT SIDE OF FACE DOWN BESIDE HIS RT EYE
EMPL REPAIRING RIPPER CHAIN ON MINER,CHAIN BROKE. HE WAS KNOCKING OUT PIN WITH HAMMER AND A CHIP OF METAL FROM CHAIN LODGED IN RIGHT CHEEK 1" BELOW EYE.
ROOF BOLTING- CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN TOP AND HEAD MASHING HAND.
1991 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE SHOVELING COAL ON BELT,SAID HIS SHOULDER BEGAN TO HURT.
LIFTING BELT STURCTURE + HURT BACK
MOVING CABLE;STRAINED BACK.
1990 · 5 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN HUNG BOLT WHEN HE MASHED FINGER CAUSING AMPUTATION OF FINGER AT SECOND JOINT
EMPLOYEE WORKING WHEN KNEE LOCKED-UP.
UNCOUPLING RAILCAR MASHING THUMB.
MINE CABLE BLEW, BURNING EMPLOYEE ON ARM.
LIFTING ROCK STRAINED BACK.
1989 · 7 incidents
RUNNING BRIDGE CARRIER WHEN RIB OF MINE WALL BROKE HITTING EMPLOYEE.
HAMMERING ON METAL PIECE OF STEEL HIT CHIN.
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT FOOT IN WHEEL OF LOADER TWISTED ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE GETTING OFF LOADER TWISTING ANKLE.
CAUGHT FINGER ON ROOF BOLTER CUTTING FINGER THROUGH GLOVE.
EMPL KNEE WAS ON RAILING WHEN SPLICE ON BELTLINE CAUGHT KNEE PAD JERKING HIM ONTO BELT AND BETWEEN BELT AND HEAD PIECE
EMPL CAUGHT ARM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTER AND JACK SEVERE BRUISE TO ARM
1988 · 15 incidents
LOST CONTROL OF RAILRUNNER, IT DERAILED THRU EMPLOYEE FROM CAR.
LOST CONTROL OF RAILRUNNER,IT DERAILED THROWING EMPL FROM CAR
INJ RUNNING SCOOP-HIT CHUG HOLE AND GOT HIT IN SHOULDER WITH SCOOP.
EMPL MOVING CABLE OUT OF WAY OF BRIDGE DOLLY WHEN BRIDGE RAN OVER HIS FINGER.
INFLAMMATION OF KNEE POSSIBLE FLUID ON KNEE FROM CRAWLING IN MINER.
CRAWLING ON MINE FLOOR.
RAN OVER WATER LINE WITH RAIL RUNNER CAUSING WATER LINE TO BREAK AND STRIKE EMPL BREAKING HIS NOSE.
SLIPPED ON MINE FLOOR HITTING MOUTH ON SCOOP BREAKING DENTAL PARTIAL.
INJ OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN OBJECT ROCK FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN THE ARM.
INJ CRAWLING ON KNEES WHEN ROCK GOT INTO KNEE PAD AND BRUISED KNEE AND BECAME INFECTED.
PICKED ROCK OFF PANIC BAR ON MINER HURTING BACK.
INJ OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHEN IT HIT A BUMP AND JARRED HIS HEAD INTO TOP AND JERKED HIS NECK BACKWARDS.
EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE IN MINE BREAKING WRIST.
STANDING NEXT TO MINING CABLE WHEN IT BLEW OUT CAUSING CABLE PARTS NEXT TO HIM TO HIT HIM IN THE EYE.
HELPING TO MOVE MINER LIFTING BUM,PER AND STRAINED BACK.
1987 · 1 incident
MEN WERE WORKIN1 IN FEEDER,EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS HAND IN FEEDER CHAIN.
1983 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE AND FOREMAN WERE MAKING REPAIRS TO SCOOP. BLOCKS SLIPPED ALLOWING SCOOP TO FALL CATCHING EMPLOYEES LEG AND FRACTURING IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS BAREAKING DOWN A SCOOP TIARE. THE RIM BAND BAROKE FREE THROWING DEBARIS INTO HIS FACE AND EYES RESULTING IN LACERATION TO RIGHT EYE AND CORNEAL ABRASION TO BOATH EYES.