Mining Incidents

Surface Mine #2 Coal

Controlled by Wesley D. Burke
Keokee Lee, Lee County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406653

MSHA record for Surface Mine #2 (mine ID 4406653). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1992–1993
Latest incident
Jan 1993
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1993 · 1 incident

January 12, 1993 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pathfinder Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADER BACKED INTO THE HIGHWALL & WAS JARRED AROUND CAUSING HIS BACK TOHURT HE SAID HE HAD SURGERY IN 1986 FOR A RUPTURED DISC

1992 · 8 incidents

October 20, 1992 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pathfinder Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF THE LOADER, MISSED THE LAST STEP, SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS RIGHT LEG.

September 25, 1992 VA · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Pathfinder Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN FOR 1 1/2 MOS. AT DIFFERENT TIMES. BACK STARTED HURTING 9/25, WENT TO DOCTOR, WHO SAID IT WAS MUSCLE SPASMS. DAYS LATER HAD AN MRI RUN AND WAS DIAGNOSED WI TH SLIPPED DISC.

September 18, 1992 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Pathfinder Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DOZER, WHEN A ROCK GOT ON THE K-FRAME ON THE BACK OF THE BLADE. HE PULLED THE ROCK OFF AND HURT HIS BACK.

August 20, 1992 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pathfinder Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING READY TO PUT OFF A SHOT. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN OFF THE POWDER BULK TRUCK. HE TURNED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

July 24, 1992 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pathfinder Coal Company Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN OFF ROAD DUMP TRUCK. HWILE CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER ON THE TRUCK HE SLIPPED AND FELL.

February 26, 1992 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pathfinder Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING FUEL IN A LOADER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE LADDER OF THE LOADER, CAUSING THE HOSE TO BE JERKED OUT OF THE FUEL TANK AND SPRAY DIESEL FUEL INTO HIS FACE EYES.

February 24, 1992 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Pathfinder Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A D-65P DOZER AND BACKED OVER A RIDGE OF DIRT APPROX. 2' HIGH. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO BE JARRED AROUND WHEN THE DOZER SET DOWN, THEREFORE HURTING HIS BACK .

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