Mining Incidents

Meridian #2Coal

Calico Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Cecil T Brinager
Whitewood, Buchanan County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4401486
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2004–2017
Latest incident
Feb 2017
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2017 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Employee was operating the left side of the double head roof bolter installing cable type bolts. Employee set up and started drilling a hole when a piece of rock broke off, slid down the steel, spinning around, striking employee on the left forearm, causing a laceration on employee's arm.

2016 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was operating a shuttle car running from the miner in #4 Left break to the feeder in #6. As EE was traveling started to lose hard hat, reached up to grab it and was so close to the rib, arm came in contact with it and was pulled back between the cable guide post and the rib. EE then backed the car up to get arm free.

Struck against a moving object

EE was operating a man trip for transportation when ee ran in front of a scoop trade long across an intersection. The scoop controls malfunctioned and the operator was unable to stop the scoop before it hit the man trip the ee was operating. The ee complained of pain and swelling in foot initially but now is complaining of multiple injuries.

2015 · 3 incidents

Struck against a moving object

EE was operating a shuttle car when he attempted to avoid the line curtain on the off side. He got too close to the rib/brow on his side and came in contact with the rib.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was unloading rock dust from a scoop to another ride when he felt something pull in his back

Struck by powered moving object

Injured employee was behind the 3 wheeler they were using for underground transportation when another employee accidentally backed up on him

2004 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured was changing seats in shuttle car and caught his head between top and buggy, straining his neck. Injured went to hospital, was told he was ok. Company was told a week later his neck was hurting. Last work day was 12-2-04.

Struck against stationary object

Injured stated that he pulled off bump & ran over something & bounced head against top.