Mining Incidents

Mine No. 12Coal

Pilgrim Knob, Buchanan County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406592
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
Aug 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2001 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BOLTING TOP WITH A ROOF BOLTER WHILE PUTTING HIS STEEL TOGETHER, HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BEWEEN STEEL, RIPPING A PIECE OF SKIN AND MEAT FROM HIS INDEX FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER WERE UNLOADING ROCK DUST FROM A SCOOP AND PUTTING IT ON A BELT. EMPLOYEE TWISTED WHILE HANDLING A BAG OF DUST TO CO-WORKER AND PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.

2000 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO OPERATORS DECK OF SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HIS WET BOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TOLOSE HIS BALANCE, FALL AND HIT HIS RIBS ON THE EDGE OF THE OPERATORS DECK.