Mining Incidents

Pillars No 2Coal

Controlled by Theodore Yates
Keokee, Lee County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4404197
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
22
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
May 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

22 on file

2001 · 4 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP AND HIS KNEE BEGAN TO HURT.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LOADING TIMBERS AND COMPLAINED OF A SORE BACK.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING FROM HIS KNEES. WHEN HE STOOD HIS KNEE POPPED.

Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM TOP STRIKING EE ON BACK AND RIBS.

2000 · 18 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF METAL BRATTICE CLOTH. HE TWISTED AND HURT HIS CHEST & RIBCAGE.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A BELT SPLICE. HE HIT HIS LEFT THUMB WITH A 6# HAMMER. HIS THUMB WAS BRUISED AND SWOLLEN.

Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING TIMBERS. A TIMBER FELL AND HIT HIS LEFT FOOT. LEFT FOOT WAS BROKEN.

Struck by powered moving object

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING MANTRIP. HE BACKED UP AND ACCIDENTLY BUMPED EMPLOYEE'S KNEE. HIS KNEE WAS BRUISED.

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS HELPING MOVE A POWER CENTER. THE POWER CENTER RAN OVER A CAN OF 'ELECTRA CLEAN' DEGREASER WHICH SPRAYED INTO EE'S EYES.

Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL FELL FROM TOP & HIT EE I N RIGHT HAND. INDEX FINGER OF RIGHT HAND WAS CUT AND REQUIRED STITCHES.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS MOVING CINDER BLOCKS & STRAINED HIS BACK.INJURY IS PROBABLY RELATED TO PREVIOUS NON-EMPLOYMENT INJURY.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED ANKLE. ANKLE WAS BROKEN.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS MOVING CRIB BLOCKS AND STRAINED BACK. EE WORKED 10-16-00 MISSED 10-17-00 RETURNED 10-18-00.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ON OFFSIDE OF BOLTER. HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS IN FRONT OF RIGHT WHEEL. WHEEL RAN OVER RIGHT FOOT WHICH WAS BRUISED

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HELPING UNLOAD A WELDER FROM A THREE WHEELER. HIS WAS CAUGHT AND HIS FINGERS MASHED.

Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING MANTRIP UNDERGROUND. HE RAN OVER A HOLE/BUMP AND FELT HIS BACK PULL AND POP.

Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BELT STRUCTURE AND DROPPED A PIECE ON HIS FOOT.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A BUGGY ANCHOR AND FELT A TUG IN HIS BACK.

Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A BRATTICE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK BY A SMALL ROCK WHICH FELL.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER TO PICK UP MINER CABLE HIS BACK GAVE OUT DUE TO A PULLED MUSCLE.

Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLES INTO A PIECE OF METAL TO HANG LIGHTS ON OUTSIDE SHED. METAL SHAVINGS FELL INTO EYE.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING TAILPIECE. A PIECE OF BELT CAME LOOSE, HIT A TIMBER AND THE TIMBER STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN LEFT SIDE OF HEAD AND EAR KNOCKING HIM UNCONSCIOUS. HE SOON REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS AND SUFFERED ABRASIONS/ SOFT ITSSUE DAMAGE TO EAR AND HEAD.