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#14: 18 reportable incidents Coal

Lambert Coal Company Inc · Underground
Trammel, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4401656

MSHA record for #14 (mine ID 4401656). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1984–1990
Latest incident
Jun 1990
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2001-03-26, 25 years ago
11.7
silica avg (%)
2
samples
12.0
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR1
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Lambert Coal Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#14 sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ 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.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

1989 · 2 incidents

October 31, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE TOP WHILE ON THE MAN TRIP CAR.

1988 · 1 incident

1987 · 1 incident

December 23, 1987 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING THE MINER CABLE OFF OF THE MINER HEAD AND GOT HIT FOOT CAUGHT UNDER THE GATHERING HEAD.

1986 · 2 incidents

1985 · 7 incidents

March 22, 1985 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

HIT RIPPER HEAD ON MINER WITH HAMMER, PIECE OF STEEL FLEW OFF HITTING LEFT THIGH.

March 15, 1985 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING MANTRIP AND GOT HEAD CAUGHT IN CURTAIN.

March 13, 1985 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

FALL OCCURRED IN 1 ENTRY 400 FT OUTBY THE FACE AT AN INTERSECTION SPAD L 1352 FALL WAS HORSEBACK SLATE SLIPS APPROX. 15 WIDE X 20 LONG X 5 THICK. THE AREA HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY CRIBBED BUT FELL BETWEEN THE CRIBS.

1984 · 3 incidents