Mining Incidents

Lester Loadout Coal

Race Fork Coal Corp · Facility
Hurley, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4403255

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Jul 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

July 12, 1990 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS DROPPING OUT RAILROAD CARS AT LOADOUT FACILITY. WHILE TIGHTENING BRAKE ON CARS EMPL PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK ON LEFT SIDE. EMPL DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL MONDAY 7/17 THIS WAS ALSO FIR ST DAY HE MISSED WORK.