Mining Incidents

Mine No 1 Coal

Estep Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by James Wayne Estep
Royal City, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405059

MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 4405059). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Feb 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1988 · 1 incident

February 24, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Estep Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED PERSON WALKED BETWEEN ROOF BOLTER AND SHUTTLE CAR AS THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS MAKING A TURN, CATCHING THE INJURED'S FOOT BETWEEN SHUTTLE CAR AND THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. THE ROOF BOLTE R WAS PARKED OUT.

1987 · 3 incidents

October 5, 1987 VA · Coal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Estep Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TH INJURED PERS2N WAS SERVICING LOADER HE WAS FIXING TO PUT OIL IN MACHINE WHEN HE LIFTED A LID THAT IS HINGED BY DOING SO STRAINED HIS BACK

August 6, 1987 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Estep Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SCAPING RIB, US3NG SCOOP RIB ROLLED ON THE INJURED PERSO.

February 25, 1987 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Estep Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJ HELPING ON 7M WHEN A PILLAR FALL STARTED HE RAN BACK THRU THE ENTRY AND PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL ON HIM.

1986 · 1 incident

1984 · 7 incidents

December 6, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Estep Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MASHED FINGER BETWEEN PINNER HEAD AND CANOPY.

August 6, 1984 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Estep Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS SHOVELING BELT, WHEN HE SUPPOSELY, STRAIN BACK.

August 2, 1984 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Estep Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE INJURED PARTY, SAID HE HIT A HOLE IN BOTTOM WITH THE SHUTTEL CAR, CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS SIDE AGAINST METAL.

July 12, 1984 VA · Coal loading machine/gather arm loader helper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Estep Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED HAD COMPLETED A SHIFT, AND WAS ON HIS WAY OUTSIDE WHEN A PIECE OF ROD FELL OUT BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS, STIRING HIM IN THE BAD THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED ABOUT 16 BREAK OUTBY FACE.

April 30, 1984 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Estep Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

CANOPY HAD CAUGHT THE ROAD BOLT PLATES, BENDING ONE DOWN THE INJURED WORKER HIT THE BACK FO HIS NECK & BACK AGAINST SAME, CAUSING A CUT TO BE LACERATED BY THE ROOF BOLT PLATE.

January 6, 1984 VA · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Estep Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

HAD A GROUNDED CABLE ON OFF STD SHUTTLE CAR THE INJURED PERSON TRYED TO RESET BRAKER WHEN HE DID THIS IT FLASHED IN BREAKER BACK ON HIS RT HAND

1983 · 2 incidents

December 22, 1983 VA · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Estep Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE INJURED PERSON WAS HANGING A CABLE WHEN DRILL OPERATOR PUT THE REEL ON, CAUSING IT TO KNOCK HIS LEG AGAINST A TIMBER. IT BROKE HIS LEG.

August 24, 1983 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Estep Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS WEARING A TORN PAIR OF GLOVES WHEN A BURR GOT CAUGHT AND TWISTED HIS ARM TO SOME DEGREE IT BRUISED THE MUSCLES IN THE WRIST AREA NO BROKEN BONES NO LOSS OF WORK TIME

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