Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WE WERE LIFTING SIX FEET LONG SECTION OF SKIRT BOARD UP ONTO BELT LINE AT TAIL SECTION. IT WAS CUT OFF WITH TORCHES, WHEN IT SLIPPED CUTTING RIGHT HAND ON EDGE OF METAL.
Blackwood No 2Coal
Elite Tipples Inc · Facility
Controlled by Tommy N Bright I
Norton, Wise County, VA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404723
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2001–2002
- Latest incident
- Jun 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2002 · 1 incident
2001 · 1 incident
Struck against a moving object
A GRAVELED PARKING LOT WHERE THE EQUIPMENT IS PARKED OR SERVICED. EE WAS RETURNING BACKHOE TO LOT AND LOST CONTROL AND RAN INTO A DODGE RAM TRUCK. HIT HIS SHOULDER ON THE STEERING WHEEL.