Mining Incidents

#1 Coal

Black Eagle Inc · Underground
Controlled by Mason Whited
Tazewell, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406768

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1995–1997
Latest incident
Jun 1997
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1997 · 1 incident

June 25, 1997 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Black Eagle Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROCK FALL OCCURED IN THE NUMBER 6 ENTRY WHEN NUMBER 5 CROSSCUT HOLED THROUGH. FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET LONG, 20 FEET WIDE, 4.5 FEET HIGH.

1995 · 4 incidents

September 8, 1995 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mc Glothlin Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE GOT HIS NECK CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROOF BOLTER MACHINE AND THE MINE TOP. TENDER NECK MUSCLE SPASM.

August 16, 1995 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mc Glothlin Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DUSTING BELT WHEN HE STOPPED ON A WET PLACE, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED TWISTING RIGHT KNEE.

February 16, 1995 VA · Coal DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Mc Glothlin Coal Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

PNEUMOCONIOSIS

February 13, 1995 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mc Glothlin Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING 4' RESIN BOLTS, BENDABLE. HE WAS USING THE HEAD OF ROOF BOLTING MACHINE TO PUSH BOLT UP IN THE HOLE WHEN THE BOLT SLIPPED CATCHING HIS LITTLE FINGER.