Mining Incidents

No 2 Coal

B D & J Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Raymond Cline
Rowe, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405171

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

1988 · 3 incidents

August 22, 1988 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B D & J Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL GOT OFF FROM BUGGY TO HELP SPLICE WATERLINE & WORK AROUND WRONG SIDE OF OTHER BUGGY & TRAILING CABLE OF OTHER BUGGY CAME FROM ONE SIDE OF ENTRY TO OTHER SIDE KNOCKING EMPL'S FEET OUT FROM UNDER HIM CUASING HIM TO FALL ON HIS RIGHT HIP.

May 27, 1988 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
B D & J Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE PUSHED SCOOP LEVER INTO DOWN POSITION AND IT HUNG LIFTING EMPLOYEE INTO TOP STRIKING HIS HEAD

May 13, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B D & J Coal Company · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF ROCK 3X3X2X4 THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON CALF OF LEFT LEG.

1987 · 8 incidents

September 23, 1987 VA · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
B D & J Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING OUT FROM UNDER BELT AND SHOVEL CAUGHT ON SPLICE OR BELT PIN AND CAUSED SHOVEL TO STRIKE EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT ARM AND SIDE.

August 12, 1987 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
B D & J Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS STARTIN1 TO DRILL A HOLE FOR ROF BOLTS WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK 2X2X2 FELL STRIKING EMP ON LEFT WRIST

May 16, 1987 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B D & J Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS LIFTING3ROCKDUST BAGS AND ROCKDUSTING BELTLINE & STRAINED LOWER PART OF HIS BACK

February 27, 1987 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B D & J Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE AS GET7ING ROCK OUT OF OUTSIDE CHUTE WHEN A ROCK CAUGHT HIS HAND CUTTING FINGERS

February 26, 1987 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
B D & J Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TR5MMING SHUTTLE CAR TO FEEDER & CAUGHT HIS RT FOOT AGAINST A RIB

January 27, 1987 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B D & J Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON MINE9 WHEN HAND WAS HIT BY CRIB BREAKING ON FINGER LEFT MIDDLE AND FRACTURING ANOTHER LEFT RING FINGER.

1986 · 1 incident

November 11, 1986 VA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
B D & J Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE RUNNIN1 ENDLOADER. ENDLOADER TILTED TO ONE SIDE. JUMPED FROM SEAT HITTING HEAD ON WINDOW AND TWISTING BACK.

1985 · 2 incidents

January 10, 1985 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Drill Mountain Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CONDITIONS WERE GOOD MAN BENT OVER TO PICK UP MINER CABLE AND THROW IT OUT OF THE WAY AND COULDNT STRAIGHTEN BACK UP.

January 8, 1985 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Drill Mountain Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE SCOOP MAN WAS HAULING COAL TO THE TAILPIECE ON SCOOP HE BACKED INTO INTERSECTION TO TURN PUT HIS HAND TO THE SIDE OF THE SCOOP HE SWUNG THE SCOOP AROUND AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER

1983 · 4 incidents

February 4, 1983 VA · Coal POWERED HAULAGE
Bridgett Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING RIBS IN FACE AREA. A ROCK 24" X 30" X 4" THICK CAUGHT EMPLOYEE ON THE KNEE WHILE HE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP. THE BLOW OF THE ROCK CAUSED EMPLOYEES HIP TO BECOME DISLOCATED

February 4, 1983 VA · Coal electrician, lineman FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Bridgett Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE RIBS IN THE FACE AREA WHEN A ROCK 24INX30INX4IN FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT KNEE THE BLOW OF THE ROCK AND THE WAY THE EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN THE SCOOP CAUS ED EMPLOYEES HIP TO BECOME DISLOCATED