Mining Incidents

No 1 Mine Coal

Whitewood, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406702

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1992–1996
Latest incident
Dec 1996
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1996 · 3 incidents

December 6, 1996 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lone Wolf Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

FALL WAS ABOVE ANCHORAGE. FALL OCCURRED ONE BREAK INBY SPAD #1019. SIZE OF FALL: 3-7'THICK, 15'W, 20'L. ACCESS TO FALL WAS TIMBERED OFF AND DANGERED OFF. THERE WILL BE NO CLEAN UP.

May 6, 1996 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Lick Branch Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL DOWN BESIDE DRILL STEEL WHEN OPERATOR STARTED TO DRILL. HE JUMPED BACK TWISTING HIS BACK.

March 4, 1996 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lick Branch Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING TAIL ROLLER ON STAKER BELT OUTSIDE AND HURT BACK.

1995 · 1 incident

February 17, 1995 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Lick Branch Mining Inc · Struck by powered moving object

AIR LINE CAME LOOSE FROM THE TRAILER & HE DIDN'THAVE BRAKES.

1993 · 3 incidents

December 9, 1993 VA · Coal electrician, lineman OTHER
Lick Branch Mining Inc · Contact with heat

LOADING A PIECE OF BELT ON A TRACK. HAD A HEART ATTACK. DIED AT SITE PER CALL 1-18-94.

September 27, 1993 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Lick Branch Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS RIDING IN SCOOP BUCKET AND HE STARTED TO SLIDE AND HE GRABBED END OF SCOOP BUCKET AS THE SCOOP HIT A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM CATCHING HIS FINGER RINDER SCOOP BLADE.

September 17, 1993 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Lick Branch Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

SCALE OF ROCK FELL WHILE OPER WAS INSTALL BOLT HITTING HEAD OF BOLTER BUSTED INTO PIECES AND HITTING OPER IN THE RIGHT EYE.

1992 · 3 incidents

December 18, 1992 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Lick Branch Mining Corp · Struck by powered moving object

MINER WAS BACKING OUT OF PLACE AROUND CORNER CABLE APPEARED TO SLIP OFF OF MINER HELPER STEP UP TO MOVE CABLE AT THE SAME TIME OPERATOR MOVED MINER.

September 26, 1992 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lick Branch Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CARRYING I BEAM INJURED WAS FRONT MAN SLIPPING ON MUD CAUSING HIM TO FALL BEAM FELL ON HOM PINNED HIM TO THE GROUND HURT HIS LEFT ARM AND CHEST AND PUTTING A SMALL CUT TO THE LOWER BACK.

August 5, 1992 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lick Branch Mining Corp · Accident type, without injuries

WHILE OPENING NEW MINE PORTAL #2 AT A DISTANCE OF 15' FROM OUTSIDE, A FALL OCCURRED DURING IDLE TIME. THIS FALL WAS DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURED BECAUSE MUD SEAMS AND SLIPPAGE IN #2 PORTAL NEXT TO O UTCROP. THIS FALL MEASURED APPROX. 15' IN LENGTH AND 16' WIDTH.