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Ramar Tipple #1 Coal

Controlled by Ashby James M
Pilgrim Knob, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4403441

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1983–1994
Latest incident
Mar 1994
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1994 · 4 incidents

March 14, 1994 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWISTED KNEE.

February 3, 1994 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HELPED LIFT TAILGATE ON TRUCK, TWISTED BACK.

1992 · 3 incidents

October 23, 1992 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWIST LEG AND PULL A MUSCLE.

March 4, 1992 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

METAL LINE SLIPPED OFF & HIT RIGHT HAND RING FINGER BRUISED FINGER NAIL TO FRACTURE END OF FINGER.

February 10, 1992 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

BROUGHT LOADED TRUCKS OFF STEEP HILL IN TO HIGH OF GEAR RAN AWAY WITH HIM.

1991 · 3 incidents

December 9, 1991 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

BURNED ARM AND NECK FROM RADATOR ON TRUCK

October 14, 1991 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LIFTING A OXYGEN BOTTLE AND PULLED SOMETHING IN BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

1988 · 1 incident

June 20, 1988 VA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor ELECTRICAL
Ramar Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BATTERIES WHEN BATTERIES ARCED CAUSED THEM TO EXPLODE INJURING LEFT EYE

1985 · 1 incident

December 18, 1985 VA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jewell Ridge Mining Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS GOING TO START WATER PUMP-SLIPPED ON SOME ICE AND FALLING.

1983 · 1 incident

August 20, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jewell Ridge Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED STATED THAT HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN A PIECE OF WATER PIPE AND FRAME OF PLANT.