Mining Incidents

#13 Strip Coal

Swords Creek, Russell County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4402015

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1983–1994
Latest incident
Nov 1994
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1994 · 1 incident

November 9, 1994 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H C Bostic Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING A HYDRAULIC PUMP ON A PIECE OF HEAVY MACHINERY. THE PUMP SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS LEFT HAND. HIS LEFT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS WERE CUT AND THE INDEX FINGER WAS FRACTURED.

1991 · 1 incident

October 28, 1991 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H C Bostic Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPEN DOOR TO STORAGE TRAILER A LOOSE PART OF METAL SKIN SCRAPED THE TOP OF RIGHT WRIST, TWO SMALL ABRASIONS. AFTER FOUR DAYS ARM STARTED TO SWELL IN AREA OF ABRASIONS.

1990 · 1 incident

March 21, 1990 VA · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
H C Bostic Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPTING TO LINE DRILL STEEL WITH BIT BREAKER STRAINED BACK MUSCLE.

1989 · 1 incident

April 28, 1989 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
H C Bostic Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE REMOVING BOTTOM ROLLER FROM D-9 DOZER AIR IMPACT WRENCH JAMMED LT HAND AGAINST TRACK RAIL

1984 · 2 incidents

June 29, 1984 VA · Coal outside foreman, leadman OTHER
H C Bostic Coal Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PREVIOUS TO JUNE 29, I,NAME HAD BEEN DRIVING A 50 TON HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE STARTED HAVING PAIN IN THE UPPER LEFT ARM. PAIN THEN MOVED FROM HIS ARM INTO HIS CHEST CAVITY ON FRIDAY. I,NAME WAS SIT TING IN HIS TRUCK WHEN HE STARTED HAVING SEVERE CHEST PAIN.

1983 · 1 incident

January 10, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
H C Bostic Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

MR. STEELE WAS BOOSTING OFF WELDER WITH BOOSTING CABLES AND WHEN HE HOOKED THE CABLES UP HE RAISED HIS HEAD AND HIT IT ON THE CRANE.