Mining Incidents

Red Ash Mine No 1 Coal

Pioneer Mining Company · Underground
Controlled by Meadows Dorothy & Tracie
Mavisdale, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405918

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Dec 1987
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

December 8, 1987 VA · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pioneer Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE RUNNING T9ACTOR HIS KNEE HIT THE MINE ROOF DUE TO LOW MINE HEIGHT.

August 12, 1987 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Pioneer Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

AFTER CRAWLING 5PPROXIMATELY 4000 FEET OF OLD WORKS WITH MSHA INSPECTOR HE RETURNED TO WORKING FACE WHERE THE MINER WAS BROKE DOWN HE GOT ON TOP OF THE MINER AND GOT A ROCK UNDER HIS KNEE. 3

1984 · 2 incidents

December 3, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Eastern Mining Contractors Inc · Struck by falling object

BOLTING TOP,WENT TO MOVE BOLT MACHINE AND ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN SAFETY JACK AND ROOF BOLT AND FELL ON BOTH FEET.

July 13, 1984 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Eastern Mining Contractors Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TAKING LOAD OF CINDER BLOCK INTO MINE WAS HAVEING HARD TIME STEERING TRACTOR IN LOW COAL STOPPED TRACTOR TO EVALUATE SITUATION PUT RT HAND ON GUARD OF MINER AND PULLED AWAY CAUGHT RT HAND BET BETWEEN GUARD ON TRACTOR AND MINE ROOF SEVERELY CRUSHED RT INDEX FINGER AMPUTATED RT INDEX FINGER

1983 · 1 incident

March 24, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Ann Marie Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

REPLACING MINE FAN ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN TESTING VOLUME OF AIR