Mining Incidents

Mine No 1 Coal

Reatta Mining · Underground
Controlled by Dyer Steve
Robbins, Scott County, TN  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4002775

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1987–1997
Latest incident
Sep 1997
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

1997 · 4 incidents

September 8, 1997 TN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Reatta Mining · Struck by falling object

WHILE TRAMMING MINER OUTSIDE THE 101 MINER HIT A LEG THAT SUPPORTED A CROSS COLLAR, CAUSING THE COLLAR TO FALL AND STRIKE HIM ON THE HEAD..

July 31, 1997 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Reatta Mining · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL BETWEEN LAST BOLT & ATRS. ROCK WAS APPROX 1" X 4' X 3'.

May 22, 1997 TN · Coal INUNDATION
Reatta Mining · Accident type, without injuries

SCOOPING AND CLEANING IN AREA OF SUSPECTED SEALS--AREA GOBBED FULL OF ROCK IN ALL DIRECTIONS. A ROCK BEING PUSHED IN FROM OF SCOOP NIT STOPPING & KNOCKED A HOLE IN IT ABOUT 3'X3'. AIR RETURNIN G OUT OF THE AREA WAS TESTED & FOUND TO CONTAIN 20.7% O2 AND .7% METHANE. A GOOD MOVEMENT OF AIR WAS OBSERVED & WAS CONSTANT.

May 22, 1997 TN · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Reatta Mining · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING SCOOP AND WHITE PULLING MINER TRACK WITH ROPE, THE ROPE BROKE AND FLEW BACK STRIKING MAN IN EYE.

1992 · 1 incident

January 8, 1992 TN · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Tri-J Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROCK FALLING IN #3 AND #4 HEADING ON 2ND LEFT AND X-CUT FROM #4 TO #3 INBY SPAD 50 160'. 5-6'HIGH X 19'WIDE X 60'LONG IN EACH PLACE.MOVE BACK TO #1 MAIN.

1988 · 11 incidents

September 30, 1988 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP CRAWLED IN COSE PROXIMITY TO 506 BRIDGE CARRIER OP. TRAMMED MACHINE FORWARD CATCHING EMP L. FOOT UNDER RAWLER TRACK.

September 27, 1988 TN · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

COAL AND ROCK BROKE OFF ROOF AND RIB HITTING EMPLOYEE IN BACK.

August 15, 1988 TN · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING ROCK OFF MINER AND HIT HIMSELF IN MOUTH WITH ROCK.

June 2, 1988 TN · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF RACK APPROX. 18 FT THICK X 4 FT X 4 FT RODE SAFETY JACK OUT AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK.

April 4, 1988 TN · Coal MACHINERY
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CRAWLER PULLED AROUND AND CAUGHT RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN CRAWLER AND LOW BELT STRUCTURE, MASHING FOOT.

March 7, 1988 TN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT ANKLE BETWEEN BATTERIES WHLE REPLACING BATTERIES IN SCOOP..

February 23, 1988 TN · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR POSITIONED HIMSELF BETWEEN LOW BELT AND CRAWLER AND WAS SQUEEZED IN THE ABDOMINAL AREA.

February 3, 1988 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

STRAINED MUSCLE IN CHEST WHILE PUSHING ROOF BOLT UP IN DRILL HOLE.

1987 · 3 incidents

November 24, 1987 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF DRAW9OCK FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING MINER ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND NECK.

October 30, 1987 TN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MINER WAS LIFTI3G SCISSOR PART OF A ROOF BOLTER AND STRAINED HIS BACK.