Mining Incidents

No 1 Coal

Controlled by Deel Thomas G & Bill
Big Rock, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406123

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1985–1986
Latest incident
May 1986

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
May 10, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · MACHINERY
West Star Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ING ACROSS THE 2EAD OF THE MACHINE AND HIS KNEE CAME IN CONTACT WITH LEVERS PINNING HIM AGINST TOP, RESULTING IN DEATH

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1985 · 2 incidents

January 30, 1985 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss MACHINERY
West Star Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

CUTTING MACHINE BRUISE RT SHOULDER & BACK

January 7, 1985 VA · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator OTHER
West Star Coal Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE HAD EXPERIENCED BACK TROUBLE FOR A LONG TIME AND HAD BEEN TAKING KIDNEY PILLS.