Mining Incidents

Horn #2 Strip #16 Coal

Controlled by Edward Horn
Grundy, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406358

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1987–1995
Latest incident
Dec 1995
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1995 · 1 incident

December 7, 1995 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Horn Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DECENDING LADDER ON LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED. HE BROKE HIS TALK WITH HIS HAND ON THE GROUND.

1994 · 1 incident

April 13, 1994 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Horn Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER FOR REPAIRS WHEN THE HANDLE BROKE, STRIKING BREEDEN ON THE LEFT FOREARM.

1987 · 1 incident

April 13, 1987 VA · Coal coal strip operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wellmore Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING A TREE DOWN THE TREE STARTED TO FALL BACK TOWARD THE SAS & HE PULLED IT OUT & IT HIT HIS LEFT KNEE RESULT ING IN LACERATION THAT REQUIRED FOUR SUTURES