Mining Incidents

Number 42 Coal

Lambert Coal Company Inc · Underground
Nora, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4404790

MSHA record for Number 42 (mine ID 4404790). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1983–1991
Latest incident
Aug 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

1991 · 3 incidents

August 21, 1991 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL HAD BEEN UNLOADING PUMP AT MINE. AFTER HE HAD FINISHED HE BENT OVER & FELT PAIN IN BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

March 6, 1990 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO MOVE A ROCK OFF OF HIS SHOOTING CABLE.

1988 · 1 incident

April 1, 1988 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE MINE SHOP AND DROPPED A BELT ROLLER ON HIS LEFT FOOT AS HE WAS PREPARING TO GO UNDERGROUND.

1987 · 1 incident

1986 · 3 incidents

August 5, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE THE INJUR9D EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOFBOLTER A SMALL ROCK FELL OUT BEHIND HIM HITTING THE CANOPY SLIDING OFF AND HITTING HIM IN THE BACK

May 28, 1986 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING A PIECE OF ROCK OFF THE MINER, HE OPERATES WHEN HE HAD A MUSCLE SPASM IN HIS BACK.

1984 · 5 incidents

September 19, 1984 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS ROCKDUSTING BY HAND IN THE MINE

August 16, 1984 VA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEEWAS CHANGING A BIT ON A AUGER OF THE COAL DRILL & CUT HIS HAND ON A WIRE ON THE QUGER.

August 2, 1984 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL STANDING 5-6\ AWAY FROM MECHANIC USING HAMMER TO PUT LINK IN CONVEYOR CHAIN WHEN SLIVER OF METAL FLEW AND HIT HIM IN CHEEK.

August 2, 1984 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL USING HAMMER TO INSTALL LIND IN CONVEYOR CHAIN AND PIECE OF METAL FLEW AND HIT HIM IN CHEST.

April 11, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE & WARER LINE & STRAINED HIS BACK.

1983 · 5 incidents

November 7, 1983 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHEN THE EMPLOYEE MOVED THE TEMPORARY ROOF JACK AFTER A BOLT WAS INSTALLED, A PIECE OF ROCK 5\X 3\X 6" FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE FOOT.

October 18, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH A BREAK THROUGH WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 2 FTX3 FTX0-4 INCHES FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE SHOULDER AND RIGHT FOOT.

September 30, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE C/M WHEN THE W R E NCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS ELBOW ON THE MINER

June 11, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS TRYING TO PUT UP A ROOF BOLT, THE BOLTER OPERATOR ROTATED THE HEAD A LITTLE IN ORDER TO LINE IT UP.

February 8, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN HE LOOKED OUT TO SEE WHAT HAD BEEN DONE, WHEN HE DID SO, A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL SKIMMING HIS FACE.

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The full compliance file on Number 42

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.