Mining Incidents

Pillars No 2 Coal

Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Theodore Yates
Keokee, Lee County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4404197

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
22
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
May 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
46
citations
17
significant & substantial
$4,318
proposed penalties
$4,263
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 15,104 8 3 529.7
2001 Q1 33,843 8 3 236.4
2000 Q4 42,486 11 4 258.9
2000 Q3 37,381 8 3 214.0
2000 Q2 35,008 7 2 200.0
2000 Q1 20,516 4 2 195.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

22 on file

2001 · 4 incidents

May 1, 2001 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP AND HIS KNEE BEGAN TO HURT.

April 6, 2001 VA · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LOADING TIMBERS AND COMPLAINED OF A SORE BACK.

February 24, 2001 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

January 21, 2001 VA · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

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

2000 · 18 incidents

December 16, 2000 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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

December 2, 2000 VA · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · 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.

November 28, 2000 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

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

November 21, 2000 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

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

November 9, 2000 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · 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.

November 6, 2000 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · 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.

October 25, 2000 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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

October 14, 2000 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · 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.

October 12, 2000 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · 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

September 20, 2000 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · 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.

September 18, 2000 VA · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

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

September 6, 2000 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

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

July 31, 2000 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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

June 16, 2000 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · 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.

June 16, 2000 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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

June 13, 2000 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

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

March 30, 2000 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · 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.