Mining Incidents

No 16Coal

Controlled by Theodore Yates
Keokee, Wise County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4404887
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2002
Latest incident
Nov 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM MINER HEAD ONTO A PILE OF LOOSE COAL AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LIFTING DOOR ON FAN HOUSE. HE STEPPED ON A ROCK, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL. HE TWISTED BOTH KNEES AS HE FELL.

2001 · 4 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TOWARD OUTSIDE OF MINE. HE SLID IN A SLICK PLACE AND FELL FORWARD. HE BROKE A FRONT TOOTH AND DAMAGED OTHER TEETH.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOLDING CONVEYOR CHAIN TO PREVENT COAL FROM COMING INTO DECK OF SHUTTLE CAR. A SHARP PIECE OF COAL CUT HIS HAND WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS REPARING SHUTTLE CAR. HE LIFTED A LID AND FELT A BURN IN LEFT SHOULDER AND SIDE.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS KNEELING WHILE LIFTING CONCRETE BLOCKS. HIS LEFT KNEE TWISTED & STARTED TO SWELL. WORKEDTHRU 4/5/01; SAW DOCTOR 4/6/01.