Mining Incidents

#2 Strip Coal

Controlled by Fraley Chris
Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406160

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1989–2000
Latest incident
Jan 2000
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2000 · 1 incident

1999 · 1 incident

January 5, 1999 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Matt Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

SERVICE3 MAN WAS CHECKING OIL ON LOADER REACHED FOR HAND RAIL AND IT BROKE OFF CAUSING HIM TO FALL OFF MACHINE

1998 · 1 incident

July 27, 1998 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Matt Mining Company Inc · Fall from machine

EE FELL INTO THE OPEN DOOR LATCHES GETTING OUT OF DOZER

1997 · 5 incidents

December 15, 1997 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Matt Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

OPERATOR WAS TRING TO WORK ON BACK UP ALARM WITH MECHANIC HE HIT HIS HAND ON SIDE OF LOADER. DR SAID HIS HAND WAS BRUISED.

August 21, 1997 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Matt Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND MACHINE AND TURNED ANKLE IN DIP IN GROUND.

June 3, 1997 VA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Matt Mining Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

USING A GRINDER TO CLEAN SLAG OF PAINT OFF OF A FRAME ON A MACK WATER TRUCK, WHEN THE WIRE BRUSH ON THE GRINDER KICKED BACK INTO LEFT ARM ON THE BOTTOM SIDE. ABRASION ON BOTTOM SIDE OF LEFT AR M.

April 22, 1997 VA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Matt Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WELDING ON DRILL WHEN HE GOT SOMETHING IN HISD RIGHT EYE. EYE WAS SCRATCHED.

April 1, 1997 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Matt Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SAW WATER LEAKING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT AT HEATER CUTOFF VALVE. WHEN REACHING IN TO CUT WATER OFF AT VALVE, FAN SUCTION PULLED GLOVE & HAND INTO FAN BLADE.

1996 · 2 incidents

November 21, 1996 VA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Matt Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

GRINDING ON A PIECE OF METAL AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW IN UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND WENT IN HIS EYE.

May 8, 1996 VA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Matt Mining Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

WAS CUTTING METAL AND IT BURN HIS EYE AND A PIECE OF PAINT GOT IN HIS EYE. BURN TO HIS EYE.

1995 · 3 incidents

December 13, 1995 VA · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Matt Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

CHANGING DRILL BIT FROM DRILL STEEL, USING BREAKOUT WRENCH. INJURED UNSCREWED STEEL FROM HEAD, STEEL FELL AND HIT KNEE WHICH BROKE TWO SMALL BONES IN ANKLE.

May 17, 1995 VA · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Matt Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

TABLE BUSHING ON DRILL WAS RAISED OUT OF POSITION SO OPERATOR COULD CHANG EDRILL BIT. THE SUPPORT USED TO HOLD TABLE BUSHING WAS TO BIG. CAUSING IT TO FALL ON OPERATOR. SCRAPED SHIN ON LEFT HA ND SLIGHT BRUISED.

May 16, 1995 VA · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Matt Mining Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PURCHASING AGENT WAS CHECKING FIRE EXTINGUISHER ON R-100 HAULER AFTER CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OFF OR HAULER HE STEPPED IN AN OLD HOLE LEFT BEHIND AFTER DRILL WAS BEING WORK ON RESULTING IN A INJU RY TO THE LOWER LEFT LEG AFTER A DR EXAMINATION FOUND THE LEG SLIGHTLY BRUISED.

1994 · 1 incident

March 30, 1994 VA · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Matt Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS MAN WAS SITTING IN THE OPERATOR'S SEAT OF THE DRILL AND WHEN HE STARTED TO STAND UP, HE GRIPPED THE DOOR HANDLE TO HELP PULL HIMSELF UP AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

1993 · 1 incident

September 14, 1993 VA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Matt Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WORKING ON DRILL BENCH VICTIM FELL THROUGH CRACK IN DRILL BENCH & BECAME STUCK BRUSING CHEST & RIGHT LEG.

1991 · 1 incident

September 23, 1991 VA · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Matt Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHANGING BIT ON DRILL AND DRILL WRENCH BRAKE STRIKING LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN FRAME AND STEEL.

1989 · 1 incident

January 24, 1989 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Matt Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS HOOKING UP A 4 IN WATER PUMP TO A PICK UP TRUCK AND HE DROPPED THE PUMP CATCHING HIS FINGER AS IT FELL