Mining Incidents

#2 Strip Coal

A & G Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by James C Justice III
Pound, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406661

MSHA record for #2 Strip (mine ID 4406661). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1992–1997
Latest incident
Mar 1997
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1997 · 2 incidents

March 11, 1997 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A & G Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ON 3-11-97 EMP PICKED UP A PIECE OF 1" METAL WEIGHING APPROX 75 LBS. EXPERIENCED A STINGING SENSATION DOWN THE LEFT LEG AND UP HIS BACK TO THE NECK AND HEAD. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THAT TIME. STINGING WENT AWAY. IS NOW OFF FROM WORK BECAUSE OF THIS INJURY AS OF APRIL 9, 1997 UNDER DRS CARE.

January 25, 1997 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A & G Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM TOP PLATFORM ONTO THE TRACK OF THE DOZER HIS FOOTING SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL ONTO THE HANDHOLD MOUNTED ON TOP OF THE LIFT JACK HOUSING & THEN LANDING BETWEEN THE PUSH BEAM & THE TRACK.

1996 · 1 incident

August 2, 1996 VA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A & G Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SLIPPED ON FLOOR OF FUEL TRUCK WHILE CLEANING THE BED OF THE TRUCK. HE TWISTED HIS BACK AND BELIEVED TO HAVE PULLED A MUSCLE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 8-17-96. ON 8-19-96 HE SOUGHT MEDICA L ATTENTION. SHOULD BE OFF 5 DAYS.

1995 · 3 incidents

July 10, 1995 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A & G Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EE WAS DISMOUNTING HIS MACHINE, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE STEP ABOVE THE BUMPER. HE FELL APPROX. 5 FT. TO THE GROUND LANDING MOSTLY ON HIS LEFT FOOT. HE SAID HE FELT SEVERE PAIN AT THE BACK OF HIS HEEL.

June 12, 1995 VA · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
A & G Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

EE WAS BRINGING THE DRILL STELL OUTOF A HOLE HE HAD FINISHED DRILLING. A PORTION OF THE HIGHWALL ABOVE THE DRILL FELL. A ROCK CAME INTO THE CAB, BREAKING THE SIDE WINDOW. A PIECE OF THE BROKEN GLASS CUT EE JUST ABOVE THE NOSE ON HIS LOWER FOREHEAD.

May 9, 1995 VA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A & G Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER OT DRIVE IN A PIN ON HE HARD-BAR OF A D-11-N DOZER. A PIECEOF MEDAL CHIPPED OFF OF HTE PIN HITTING EE ONT HE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE JUST BELOW THE BOTTOM RIM OF H IS SAFETY GLASSES MEDAL HAD TO BE REMOVED, REQIURED TWO STITCHES.

1994 · 3 incidents

October 4, 1994 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A & G Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

PUTTING ON A TOOTH TO THE LOADER BUCKET HIT THE LOCKING PIN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF GOING INTO EMPLOYEES RT LEG JUST BELOW THE KNEE

February 22, 1994 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A & G Coal Corp · Flash burns (electric)

EE WAS PULLING THE REAR TANDEM AXLE UNIT WHEN THE LAST BOLT WAS LOOSENED THE WEIGHT OF THE AXLE SHIFTED CAUSING THE DIFFERENTIAL TO FALL TO THE GROUND PINNING EE'S HAND BETWEEN THE GROUND AND THE DIFFERENTIAL

February 10, 1994 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A & G Coal Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

ICY CONDITIONS, EMPLOYEE WAS CRANKING AIR COMPRESSOR, LOST HIS FOOTING, SLIPPED AND FELL, CAUSING A BRUISE TO HIS UPPER LEFT LEG.

1993 · 1 incident

November 5, 1993 VA · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A & G Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DOZER TRACK WAS UNCOUPLED FROM MACHINE. EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING ACROSS TRACK AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

1992 · 1 incident

June 11, 1992 VA · Coal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A & G Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING STEEL, BREAK-OUT WRENCH JAMMED, OPERATOR TRIED TO UNJAM THE WRENCH USING HIS LEFT HAND. THE WRENCH CAME LOOSE MASHING THE OPERATOR'S LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND A METAL STOP CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING ELEVEN (11) STITCHES.

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