Mining Incidents

No 1 Coal

Valley River Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Shelton Roy F
Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406368

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4406368). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1989–1991
Latest incident
Jun 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1991 · 1 incident

1990 · 5 incidents

October 3, 1990 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
S & D Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE SITTING N RIB SLAP OF ROCK FELL ON HEAD & SHOULDER.

August 10, 1990 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
S & D Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 15" X 30" X 2 1/2" FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING PINNER MAN ON LEFT SHOULDER AND RIGHT ARM.

March 5, 1990 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
S & D Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

NO ONE WAS INJURED IT WAS ROOF FALL ABOUT 20 BREAK OUTBY WORKING FACE SPAD #8318 IN #4 ENTRY IT HAS NO EFFECT ON AIR FLOW OR TRAVEL WAY. AREA HAS BEEN TIMBERED OFF & DANGER SIGNS PUT UP.

1989 · 8 incidents

October 25, 1989 VA · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & D Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

MOTOR ROLLED OFF INTO LAP THREW IT BACK AT THIS POINT BACK WAS HURT

October 23, 1989 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
S & D Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS LOADING COAL WITH A SCOOP. HE SAID HE HIT THE FACE THROWING HIM INTO THE RIB AND A LUMP OF COAL ROLLED ON HIS BACK. HE ALSO SAID HE GOT HURT AT THE FEEDER. HE LOADED A FEW LOADS OF COAL AFTER HE SAID HE GOT HURT.

September 27, 1989 VA · Coal scoop car operator MACHINERY
S & D Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MINER WAS DRILLING HOLE IN THE ROOF, PUT HIS HAND ON THE PINNER HEAD, PIECE OF STEEL FELL FROM ROOF & HIT HIS FINGER. THE END OF HIS FINGER WAS BROKEN

April 10, 1989 VA · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & D Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS PULLING A TIMBER OUT OF A SCOOP LOAD OF CAOL AND MASHED THE END OF HIS FINGER.

March 14, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
S & D Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A CUTTER CHAIN, TRYING TO DRIVE A PIN INTO THE CHAIN WHEN A PIECE OF THE PIN CHIPPED OFF AND WENT INTO LEFT ARM BELOW THE ELBOW.

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