Mining Incidents

#1 Strip Coal

Controlled by Barnette Dennis A
Wise, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406331

MSHA record for #1 Strip (mine ID 4406331). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
Feb 1989
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1989 · 1 incident

February 18, 1989 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Pick & Shovel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A DOZER WAS PULLING THE FRONT END OF A DRILL DOWN. EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE FRONT END OF THE DRILL WHEN THE CHAIN BROKE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH.

1988 · 3 incidents

November 19, 1988 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pick & Shovel Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS OPERATING LOADER LADING HAULER WHEN ROCK FELL OFF HIGHWALL HIT ON B ACK OF LOADER BOUNCED THROUGH BACK WINDOW & S TRUCK EMPL IN HEAD.

September 12, 1988 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pick & Shovel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING BOXES OF BLASTING POWDER AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

March 21, 1988 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Pick & Shovel Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BOLT FROM A DRILL WHEN THE BOLT BROKE LOOSE HE HIT HIS BACK AGAINST A PIECE OF METAL.

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