Mining Incidents

#1 Auger Coal

Controlled by Metec Acquisition Corp
Harman, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406138

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jul 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

July 11, 1988 VA · Coal MACHINERY
Carbon Seam Systems Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A KNEELING POSITION WHILE WELDING ON AUGER HOLE CLEANER, WHEN EMPLOYEE STARTED TO GET UP HIS LEFT LEG WOULD NOT BEND OR STRAIGHTEN OUT.