Mining Incidents

#6 Strip & Auger Coal

Controlled by Browning Denver
Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406296

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986–1988
Latest incident
Jan 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1988 · 1 incident

January 29, 1988 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
General Trucking Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MAN WAS IN CAB OF COAL TRUCK ASSISTING IN THE REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION WHEN THE LIFTING BOLT BROKE ALLOWING THE SHIVE PULLEY TO STRIKE HIM IN THE ABDOMEN.

1986 · 1 incident

September 5, 1986 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
General Trucking Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKED UP BAG P2WDER PULLED MUSCLE INSIDE & BACK.