Mining Incidents

#8 Strip Coal

Controlled by Barnette George Jr
Wise, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406038

MSHA record for #8 Strip (mine ID 4406038). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Jan 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1985 · 1 incident

January 30, 1985 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Barnette Contractors · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS STOCKPILING COAL IN PIT WHEN SLOPE STARTED TO FAL LMATERIAL BROKE THE WINDOWS OUT OF THE FRONT OF LOADER AS EMP WAS EXITING MACHINE HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CAB CAUSING LACERATION

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