Mining Incidents

Pearly Br Coal

The Black Diamond Company · Underground
Controlled by Metinvest B V
Grundy, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405444

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
Jan 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
47
citations
13
significant & substantial
$3,196
proposed penalties
$3,196
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 1 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 5,493 9 2 1638.4
2000 Q4 6,655 4 1 601.1
2000 Q3 13,616 14 5 1028.2
2000 Q2 13,956 13 4 931.5
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2001 · 1 incident

January 1, 2001 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Nufac Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROCK FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY THE PRESHIFT EXAMINER IN THE #1 HEADING. THE HEADING WAS APPROX 30FT INBY THE CORNER. THE BOLTING MACHINE WAS IN THE LAST OPEN BREAK OUTBY THE #1 HEADING. THE ROC K FALL CAUGHT THE FRONT END OF THE BLTER T

2000 · 3 incidents

August 31, 2000 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nufac Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE NUMBER FIVE ENTRY & HAD FINISHED LOADING HIS SHUTTLE CAR. WHEN HE TURNED AROUND TO CHANGE SEATS THE SHUTTLE CAR ROLLED & CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE CAR FRAME & RIB.

June 9, 2000 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Nufac Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AN ACCIDENTAL HOLE THROUGH MEASURING 1.5 BY 3.5 ' WAS DISCOVERED BY THE PRE-SHIFT MINE EXAMINER.THE AFFECTED AREA HAS BEEN SEALED AND RETREAT MINING HAS BEGUN.

May 29, 2000 VA · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nufac Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS INJURED WHEN HIS HEAD CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE MINE ROOF WHILE OPERATING A SCOOP ON THE OO1 SECTION; HE STATED HE FELT A NUMBNESS & TINGLING SENSATION THE NEXT MORNING. HE WENT TO ER WHERE A CAT SCAN WAS PERFORMED; RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE. HE RETURNED TO WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY