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#1a Strip Coal

Cane Patch Mining Company Inc · Surface

Controlled by Thomas V Cooper

Appalachia, Wise County, VA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4406833

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 1997
Latest incident: Feb 1997

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1997 · 2 incidents

February 17, 1997 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Cane Patch Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS TRANSFERRING GREASE FROM A DAMAGED 55 GAL. DRUM INTO ANOTHER CONTAINER. WHILE WIPING THE INNER SURFACE OF THE DAMAGED DRUM WITH A RAG, HIS HAND CAME OIN CONTACT WITH A JAGGED/SHARP EDG E. THE LITTLE FING ON THE EE'S RT. HAND WA CUT. A BANDAGE WAS APPLIED TO THE WOUND AND HE CONTINUED TO WORK. WENT TO DR. AND RECEIVED A TETANUS SHOT.

January 9, 1997 VA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY

Cane Patch Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING AN AIR TRACK DRILL, A DRILL STEEL COUPLING CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK EE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD. THE EE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE DRILL AND SAW THE COUPLING AS IT CAME LOOSE. H E WAS INJURED WHILE TRYING TO CLEAR HIMSELF OF THE FLYING OBJECT.