Mining Incidents

Blackwood No 2 Coal

Elite Tipples Inc · Facility
Controlled by Tommy N Bright I
Norton, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404723

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2001–2002
Latest incident
Jun 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
37
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,826
proposed penalties
$2,826
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
2009 Q2 0 4 0
2009 Q1 960 1 0 1041.7
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 800 1 0 1250.0
2008 Q1 1,280 1 0 781.2
2007 Q4 1,340 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,940 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2002 · 1 incident

June 17, 2002 VA · Coal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elite Tipples Inc · 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.

2001 · 1 incident

November 7, 2001 VA · Coal miner, nec MACHINERY
Elite Tipples Inc · 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.