Mining Incidents

Esserville ShopCoal

Wise Va, Wise County, VA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406794
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2002–2006
Latest incident
Aug 2006
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2006 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was filling a final drive on a 011 cat dozer with 60w oil, using a five gallon bucket, when he started feeling a soreness in his right shoulder. The pain was more severe the next morning.

2003 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PERFORMING SERVICE ON A LOW-BOY TRAILER WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH WHEN HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK.

2002 · 3 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS UNLOADING AN EMPTY ACETYLENE TANK FROM HIS SERVICE TRUCK & FELT A SHARP BURNING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LOWER ABDOMEN.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS REMOVING A PICKUP TRUCK TIRE WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EE. WHEN THE TWO MEN WERE LOWERING THE TIRE TO THE GROUND THIS EE FELT LOWER BACK PAIN.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON THAT MEASURED APPROX 6"" WIDE X 3' LONG & STARTED HAVING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.