Mining Incidents

No 1 Coal

Earl Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Earl R Tester
Hurley, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406376

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4406376). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1987–1991
Latest incident
Mar 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

March 5, 1991 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Earl Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING RIPPER JACK AND REMOVED LID FROM MINER TO CHANGE JACK. DROPPED THE LID ON HIS KNEE.

1990 · 2 incidents

June 23, 1990 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Earl Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL LOCC BETWEEN NO 3 AND 2 ENTRY 37' LONG 10' WIDE 10' THICK SANDSTONE FELL BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAIN SEAMS 1' TO 10' WIDE CAUGHT CONTINUOUS MINER. NO ONE HURT.

1989 · 4 incidents

December 5, 1989 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Earl Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

BUILDING BRATTICE WALKED UP BEHIND MINER MINER OPER DIDNT KNOW HE WS THERE SWUNG THE MINER AROUND AND BUMPED HIM ON R HIP BURISEDD HIS HIP.

October 3, 1989 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Earl Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

TAKEN DOWN LINE BRATTICE IN NO 4 BELT ENTRY A JOY SHUTTLE CAR, LOADED WITH COAL TRAVELED 35 FT STRIKING VICTIM SERIOUS INJ

August 9, 1989 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Earl Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS, HIT HIS LEG. THE ROCK WAS ABOUT 3 FT., ABOUT 3 INCHES THICK.

January 17, 1989 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Earl Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

LAMINATED SANDSTONE SHELL TOP ALONG WITH 8'' COAL RIDER SEAM AT 7'.PRESSURE FROM PILLAR ARCH CONTRIBUTED TO FALL.

1988 · 4 incidents

April 21, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Earl Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER & GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN THE DRILL TWIST & BROKE LITTLE FINGER & WRIST

1987 · 3 incidents

October 8, 1987 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Earl Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS BUILDING3A FENCE TO GUARD THE BELT DRIVE AND WAS LIFTING A ROLL OF FENCING AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

August 27, 1987 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Earl Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS SP5ICING A CABLE USING A KNIFE AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND HIT HIM ON THE HAND.

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