Mining Incidents

No 9 Strip Coal

Pound, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4403280

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1987–1996
Latest incident
Feb 1996
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

1996 · 1 incident

1992 · 1 incident

January 10, 1992 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ison Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK BOUNCED FROM HIGH WALL ENTERING RT GLASS OF 992C LOADER CAB STRIKING OPERATOR ON UPPER & LOWER RT ARM

1991 · 1 incident

April 9, 1991 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ison Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTED BATTERY OVER TAILGATE OF PICKUP TRUCK STRAINED NECK ADN BETWEEN SHOULDERS.

1990 · 2 incidents

August 16, 1990 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ison Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

CHECKING OIL ON LOADER, STRUCK L HAND AGAINST HANDRAILLLL BRUISED MUSCLE AND BONE OF UPPER PART L HAND

August 1, 1990 VA · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ison Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON DRILL BOOM, CAUGHT L HAND BETWEEN BOOM AND CHAIN HAIRLINE FRACT 1 FINGER CUT FINGER REQ STITCHES

1989 · 3 incidents

October 28, 1989 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ison Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

BELLY PAN FROM D9L DOZER FELL ON EMPLOYEE'S ARM AND BROKE IT (COMPOUND). SAFETY CHAIN SLIPPED ALLOWING 400 LB. PAN TO CATCH ARM. EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON HINGED SIDE OF PAN IN WHTA IS NORMALL Y A SAFE POSITION.

July 24, 1989 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ison Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PERSON FELL INTO EMPTY POWDER AWFO BIN NO APPARENT REASON OR CAUSE FOR FALL PERSON SLID DOOR OPEN AS ALWAYS THEN FELL IN HEAD HAS SLIGHT CUT 9 STITCHES TAKEN

February 1, 1989 VA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Ison Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

THIS PERSON SAYS HE JUMPED FROM 85 TON HAUL TRUCK BECAUSE THE FOOT BRAKE DID NOT HOLD. THREE METHODS AVAILABLE TO STOP TRUCK WERE NOT TRIED OR UTILIZED BY PERSON. THE PERSON DID OPERATE THIS T RUCK FOR THE REMAINDER OF SHIFT WITH NO PROBLEMS OCCURRING. TRUCK WAS CHECKED BY SUPERVISOR AND FOUND TO BE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND DEEMED SAFE TO OPERATE.

1988 · 4 incidents

November 29, 1988 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ison Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING LARGE PIECE OF METAL EMPLOYEE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

July 29, 1988 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ison Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PORTA POWER RAM MOVED FROM CRIBBING & CAUGHT FINGER OF SUBJECT BREAKING SUBJECTS FINGER THE TIIP.

July 21, 1988 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Ison Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

PREVIOUS HISTOR OF BACK PAIN L5 REMOVED PREVIOUSLY, POST DISCEC TOMY SYNDROME.

June 4, 1988 VA · Coal boomcat operator, stripping shovel operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ison Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

25 TON RAM SLIPPED WHILE CHANGING INSIDE RIM TIRE OF CAT 777 HAULER #637 AND CAUGHT RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN FLANGE ON TIRE AND RIGHT REAR SHOCK ON HAULER. TIP OF THUMB, ABOVE KNUCKLE, WAS BROKEN.

1987 · 3 incidents

October 24, 1987 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ison Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PLACING PIN IN 4ACK ALONG DESIGNATED GROOVE USING THUMB TO ALIGN PIN AND WHEN PIN SLIPPED HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE JACK AND THE GROOVE.THUMB WAS CUT PARTIALLY SEVERED AND REQ 5-6 STITC ES TO REPAIR.AL3GNMENT BAR WAS PRESENT BUT NOT BEING USED.

August 24, 1987 VA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ison Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE OPENING GREASE BARREL, CUT LEFT ARM ON LID OF BARREL.