Mining Incidents

Lynnwood FarmMetal/Nonmetal

Grottoes, Rockingham County, VA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405172
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2001–2012
Latest incident
Oct 2012
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2012 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Was cleaning packed clay and rock from grizzley on screen with a pick. When upper back muscle tighten to a hardness causing pain.

2011 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Had lost a finger on screen deck, was lifting cover belting when right went in area where finger was missing. Wedged leg between housing.

2010 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

Climbing out of chute and lost footing on side of chute. Came down on rock, turned knee and required surgery two months later.

2001 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

THE EE BUMPED HIS LEFT HAND WHILE RETRIEVING A RAG FROM BEHIND THE SEAT OF THE MINE FUEL TRUCK. HIS HAND HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY INJURED PRIOR TO BEING HIRED.