Mining Incidents

Dominion No 17 Coal

Dominion Coal Corporation · Underground
Whitewood, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406177

MSHA record for Dominion No 17 (mine ID 4406177). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
May 1987
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1987 · 4 incidents

May 4, 1987 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shannon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING SLACK ON MINER CABLE WHEN HE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN IN AN AWKWARD POSTION, THEREFORE, STRAINING HIS BACK.

March 17, 1987 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shannon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

ROOF JACK FELL 2FF PINNER.EMPL THREW BACK ON PINNER WHILE ON KNEES.FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

February 19, 1987 VA · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shannon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS TRANSPO9TING TIMBERS ON SCOOP FROM OUTSIDE. WHEN HE WENT PAST A LOW SPOT IN M INE, TIMBERS WERE PULLED OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET. HE GOT OFF TO LOAD TIMBERS BACK ON SCOOP AND PULLED A MUSCL E IN HIS BACK 3

February 13, 1987 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shannon Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJ WAS GETTING3OUT OF SCOOP DECK AND BUMPED NBIHIS KNEE ON 2-13-87, HOWEVER HE HAD COMPLAINED OF SWELLING AND TENDERNESS PRIOR TO THIS DATE. HE HAD TO HAVE FLUID DRAWN OFF KNEE

1986 · 2 incidents

March 3, 1986 VA · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shannon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN3A STANDING POSTION, REACHED IN SUPPLY HOUSE TO LIFT ANS OF OIL INTO SCOOP, TURNED AROUND IN A STRAINED POSTION HURTING HIS BACK.

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The full compliance file on Dominion No 17

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.