EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING MANTRIP, RAN OVER ROCK OR SOMETHING IN ROAD AND STEERING WHEEL WAS JERKED OUT OF HAND, IT CAME BACK AROUND AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT HAND CUTTING AND BRUISING HAND.
#14: 13 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for #14 (mine ID 4405253). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 13
- Years on record
- 1996–1997
- Latest incident
- Aug 1997
- Guest River Coal Company Inc 1979 to 1996
- Betty B Coal Company Inc 1996 to present
#14 sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% 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.Reportable incidents
13 on file1997 · 7 incidents
EMPLOYEE WA SBOLTING TOP WHEN APIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT FOREARM, CAUSING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED 6 SUTURES.
EE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF ROCK WHERE A BRATTICE WAS AND A PIECE OF PLASTER FLIPPED OFF OF ROOF HITTINGHIM IN THE LEFT EYE.
EMP WAS THROWING TIMBERS DOWN TOWARD FACE (YO YOING). WHEN HE REACHED TO GET NEXT TIMBER, A TIMBER WAS ALREADY IN ROUTE AND HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER GOT SMASHED BETWEEN THE TWO TIMBERS.
EE WAS HELPING ON PINNER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE RIB AND FIRST BOLT STRIKING EE IN THE HEAD AND BEHIND THE LEFT EAR. ROCK WAS APPROX 2'W X 7' LG X 18" T.
EMPLOYEE WAS THROWIGN ROCK DUST THROUGH DOOR AND TWISTED OR PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS INSTALLING A ROOFBOLT WHILE PUSHING IT UP WITH THE BOLT WRENCH, THE BOLT BENT & THE WRENCH CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER, MASHING THE NAIL & CAUSING A LACERATION ON HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER. [POSSIBLE FRACTURE]
1996 · 6 incidents
EE REACHED UP TO TAKE COME A LONG DOWN AND TWISTED BACK.
EE WAS TRAMMING PINNER FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTEHR. MACHINE WEN TOVER A RISE IN BOTTOM THROWING HIS HEAD INTO TOP.
BOLTING IN #4 HEADING HAD PUT UP OUTSIDE BOLT AND SET UP TO PUT 2ND BOLT UPWHEN ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS.
MUD SEAMS NEAR SURFACE TURNING LOOSE ABOVE ANCHORAGE OF ROOF BOLTS, BLOCKED BELT AND PART OF HAUL ROAD ENTRY BOLTED WITH 5 AND 6 POINT ANCHOR BOLTS. VENTILATION WAS PARTIALLY BLOCKED.
MOUNTAIN SEAMS OR MUD SEAMS NEAR SURFACE TURNED LOOSE.
HIGHWALL ON SURFACE HAD HILL SCAMS OR MUD STREAKS THAT TURNED LOOSE FROM MAIN WALL.