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Mine No. 40Coal

Dominion Coal Corporation · Underground

Controlled by SunCoke Energy Incorporated

Rowe, Buchanan County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4403524

Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 15
Years on record: 2000–2003
Latest incident: Jul 2003

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2003 · 4 incidents

Cat Bird Mining, Inc.

Struck by falling object

EE WAS TRAVELING #2 BELT ON THREE WHEEL BUGGIE PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ACROSS LEGS CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT KNEE AND RIGHT THIGH.

Cat Bird Mining, Inc.

No Value Found

EMPLOYEE TRIED TO PICK UP A 21SC TIRE TO LOAD ON HIS RIDE. TIRE ROAD HIM BACK WHICH HE SAID TWISTED HIS BACK.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING TIMBERS IN SCOOP BUCKET (HURT BACK).

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING BELT TO MAKE BELT SPLICE, KNIFE SLIPPED CUT RIGHT LEG.

2002 · 4 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RUNNING ROOF BOLTER & EE'S GLOVE CAUGHT BOLTER STEEL CUTTING LEFT HAND - RING FINGER.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON MOVING BELT, STRAINED BACK.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING PRY BAR TO FIX TARP BAR ON COAL TRAILER, HE STRAINED HIMSELF (HERNIA).

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SAWING TIMBERS ON PILLAR LINE. CUT LEFT THUMB.

2001 · 4 incidents

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

PLASTERING A STOPPING, GOT PLASTER IN EYE.

Struck against a moving object

TRAMMING MINER, MINER FRAME CLIMBED UP ON SIDE OF TRACKS, DROPPING OFF CAUSING OPERATOR TO STOVEHIS NECK.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING BOX OF GLUE, STRAINED BACK.

Rubbed or abraded

BRUISED KNEE, CRAWLING ON KNEE STARTING HURTING.

2000 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING TIRE UP TO PUT ON SHUTTLE CAR. PINCHED NERVE IN BACK.

Struck by falling object

A SLAB OF DRAW ROCK FELL HITTING EMPLOYEE ON TOPOF HIS HEAD. ROCK WAS 1"" THICK, 14"" WIDE & 16"" LONG. EE WENT TO DOCTOR ON 1/17/01.

Accident type, without injuries

DURING THE PRESHIFT EXAMINATION WATER ACCUMULATION WAS DISCOVERED OUTBY SEALS LOCATED ON THE MAINS JUST INBY SS #43. WATER WAS OBSERVED FLOWING FROM THE WATER TRAP LOCATED IN THE NO. 3 SEAL. W ATER DEPTH IN THIS AREA WAS APPROX. 6"" TO 40"".