Mining Incidents

No 4Coal

East Star Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Clinton L Ramey
Bandy, Tazewell County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405616
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2000–2003
Latest incident
Oct 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING AROUND ROOF BOLTING MACHINE, WHEN HE SAID HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. EE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 10-13-03. DOCTOR TOLD HIM HE COULD WORK. HE WENT BACK ON 11-11-03 AND THE DOCTOR TOL D HIM HE WAS GOING TO HAVE SURGERY. THE SURGERY CANNOT BE PERFORMED TILL SOMETIME IN 01-2004. EE IS TRYING TO WORK TILL THEN.

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GETTING OUT OF HIS TRACTOR, SAID WHEN HE STARTED TO TWIST HIS BODY AROUND HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

2001 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING BELT HEAD. SAID HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EE DID NOT GO TO THE DR UNTIL 10-26-01.

2000 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING ON BELT SLIPPED AND WEIGHT ON KNEE CAUSED KNEE TO TWIST.