Mining Incidents

Surface Mine No 1 Coal

Aztec Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Matney John K
Vansant, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406008

MSHA record for Surface Mine No 1 (mine ID 4406008). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Sep 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1985 · 1 incident

September 10, 1985 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aztec Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING GREASE GUN TO GREASE HIGH LIFT AT END OF SHIFT.THE TIP OF GUN BECAME STUCK.EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON GUN IN EFFORTS TO DISLOGE IT.IN DOING SO EMPLOYEE SCRAPED THE PALM OF RIG OF RIGHT HAND.

1984 · 1 incident

March 14, 1984 VA · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Aztec Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING AN AUGER FLIGHT FROM A STRING OF FLIGHTS WHEN A ROCK FROM ABOVE THE HIGHWALL FELL STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE UPPER LEFT BACK KNOCKING HIM DOWN.

1983 · 1 incident

November 25, 1983 VA · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor MACHINERY
Aztec Mining Inc · Struck by powered moving object

AUGER WAS IN AN IDLE MODE OF OPERATION RT HOIST OPERATOR LAID HIS CONTROL UNIT DOWN OPERATOR HAD HIS BACK TO THE SLIGHT RACKS WHEN THE BOOM BECAME ACTIVE AND SWUNG FLIGHT TO THE CEDNTER OF A AUGER STRIKING OPERATOR DOWN AS FLIGHT WENT BY HIM THE FOREMAN FOUND THE CONTROL UNIT WAS IN ON POSITION AFTER THE ACCIDENT

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