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Cove Coal Co., Inc. · Underground
Dante, Dickenson County, VA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405331
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2002–2004
Latest incident
Jun 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2004 · 2 incidents

Cove Coal Co., Inc.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FILLING BATTERIES ON SMALL THREE-WHEEL MANTRIP, HE STARTED FOR MORE WATER WHEN MANTRIP STARTED IN REVERSE. HIGH TRAM TRAPPED HIM BETWEEN TOP AND TOP OF MANTRIP AND ROLLED HIM IN TOP.

Cove Coal Co., Inc.
Accident type, without injuries

ROCK FALL ON INTAKE SPAD #904 TO 905. 4 FT. THICK X 20 FT. WIDE X 80 FT. LONG CROSS CUT.

2003 · 3 incidents

Cove Coal Co., Inc.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS IN SQUATTING POSITION INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS AND DROPPED BOOM ON KNEE.

Cove Coal Co., Inc.
Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE PICKED UP A CAN OF OIL AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

Cove Coal Co., Inc.
Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL ON 001-0 SECTION 70 FEET TO THE RIGHT OF SURVEY STATION 870. ENTRAPPED THE MINER. IT WAS AN UNDETECTED SLIP.

2002 · 1 incident

Cove Coal Co., Inc.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RUNNING ROOF BOLTING MACHINE PUT LEFT HAND ON BOOM OF MACHINE AND LET ATRS DOWN ON HAND.