Mining Incidents

Mine No. 7Coal

Controlled by James C Justice III
Elk Valley, Campbell County, TN · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4003204
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2003–2011
Latest incident
Sep 2011
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2011 · 2 incidents

Struck by flying object

While removing a track link from a D8R, employee hit the old link with a hammer. A sliver of metal came off the link and penetrated his right arm.

Fall from machine

The employee alleges he was thrown/knocked from the tracks of the dozer, while he was relieving himself, when a 777 truck bed came into contact with the dozer blade at the dump site. The company has reason to believe that this was a staged accident and will contact the workers comp claim.

2010 · 2 incidents

Struck against a moving object

Injured was in 777C Truck getting loaded with 992D 101 Loader when rock came out of bucket and jarred truck and driver. Truck driver was complaining with neck and head hurting and hands going numb at 7:30 pm.

Fall onto or against objects

Injured person was pulling on a sheet of plastic to cover hay stack, when tension released on plastic, causing injured to fall striking elbow on metal culvert band. No lacerations reported only bruising. Entire body struck ground.

2009 · 6 incidents

Struck by flying object

Working on crusher. Striking gear with hammer caused small particle to fly into eye.

Struck against stationary object

Injured was sliding 1 1/2"" pipe inside a 4"" dewatering pipe. Hand struck 4"" pipe and caused injury.

Struck against a moving object

Injured person was reclaiming slope of overburden, when track came in contact with rock, causing a jar in cab. Rib area started hurting.

Struck against a moving object

Due to wet road condition haul back slipped off edge of road into ditch. Right front tire dropped into sump and bounced out cause truck to veer into path of another haul truck. Oncoming truck was able to step before collision.

Struck against a moving object

Operator ran over large rock in Caterpillar D10N. His right arm went numb from the neck to the fingers.

Struck against stationary object

Taking hydraulic line off grader, wrench slipped off hydraulic end, hand went into piece of metal on grader.

2007 · 3 incidents

Struck against a moving object

Truck (777 Cat.) ran out of road and turned over two times. Was wearing seat belt.

Fall from machine

EE was scraping ice from windshield, EE slipped on catwalk and fell to the ground from the cat walk, on the 777 Cat Dump Truck.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was dropping hitch on a light plant; hitch stand was frozen and came loose striking employee chin requiring stitches.

2004 · 2 incidents

Struck against a moving object

LOADER LOADED ROCK INTO DUMP TRUCK. (EE WAS SITTING IN DUMP TRUCK - JARRING CAUSED MUSCLE STRAIN IN LOWER BACK.)

Struck against a moving object

Rock rolled down and hit side of truck operator was sitting in.

2003 · 1 incident