Mining Incidents

No 1Coal

Mud Lick Mining Corp · Underground
Controlled by James Wayne Estep
Shortt Gap, Tazewell County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406809
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Jul 2000
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2000 · 6 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

SETTING TIMBERS HURT BACK.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DRILLING HARD SANDSTONE, ROOF DRILL STEEL BROKE CUTTING MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE LOWERING BOOM OF DOUBLE HEAD FLETCHER OFF SIDE (RIGHT) SIDE EE CAUGHT HIS HAND (RIGHT) HAND BETWEEN BOOM AND FRAME OF BOLTER.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE MAKING A BELT SPLICE ON #2 BELT LINE EE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN BACK.

Struck by falling object

APPROX 20' INBY SS#567 A ROOF FALL MEASURING 60' IN LENGTH, 18' IN WIDTH, AND 15'FT THICK FELL IN THE #2 ENTRY INJURING EE & THE ENTRAPMENT OF ANOTHER EE

Accident type, without injuries

APPROX 20' INBY SS#567 A ROOF FALL MEASURING 60'L, 18'W & 15'+ THICK FELL IN THE #2 ENTRY. INJURINNG 1 EE & ENTRAPMENT OF ANOTHER EE. THIS FALL WAS A SLIP