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K S No 1 Coal

Westmoreland Coal Company · Surface

Keokee, Lee County, VA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4406255

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 1986–1988
Latest incident: Oct 1988

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

October 6, 1988 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Westmoreland Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS MAKING REPAIR ON HYD HOSE CONTAINED WITHIN A METAL CHAIN HYD PRESSURE DROPPED CREATING SLACK IN CHAIN PRESSURE RETURNED TAKING UP SLACK AND CATCHING I NAME FINGER BETWEEN HOSE AND CHA IN AND GUIDE

August 11, 1988 VA · Coal boomcat operator, stripping shovel operator MACHINERY

Westmoreland Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS STARTING TO DRILL OVERBURDEN WHEN DIRT WALL SLID OFF AND ROCK SMASHED INTO CABL DOOR, BENDING IT IN AND BREAKING GLASS. DOOR CAUSED AVULSION TO UPPER AND LOWER ARM. ACCIDENT OCCURRED AFTER DARK. INJURED WAS ABLE TO FORCE DOOR OPEN AND EXIT CAB.

1986 · 2 incidents

June 4, 1986 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Westmoreland Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE STATED3HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON A SLICK FLOOR STRIKING A SHARP OBJECT CAUSING A LACERATION BETWEEN THE THIRD AND FOURTH DIGITS OF THE LEFT HAND

April 4, 1986 VA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Westmoreland Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS MOVING R2CK OFFAUGER, RAISED UP H ITTING HEAD ON LADDER OF MINER.