Mining Incidents

No 6Coal

Lebo Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Delbert R Sturgill
Wise, Wise County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406848
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
May 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2001 · 4 incidents

Contact with hot objects or substances

INJURED WAS WELDING ON MINER WHEN A SPARK GOT BEHIND HIS WELDING SHIELD AND WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING THE ROOF DRILL, INJURED WAS TAKING DRILL STEEL OUT OF DRILLED HOLE WHEN A SLIVEROF METAL FROM THE DRILL STEEL PUNCTURED THE PALMOF HIS RIGHT HAND.

Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS OPERATING THE ROOF DRILL WHEN A ROCK APPROX 1 1/2 FT WIDE X 3 1/2 FT LONG X 3 INCHES THICK FELL FROM MINE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON HIS BACK.

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

WHILE OPERATING THE ROOF DRILL, INJURED CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN DRILL STEL AND MINE ROOF.

2000 · 9 incidents

Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS OPERATING THE MINER WHEN A ROCK 1 FT WIDE 2 FT LONG 6 INCHES THICK FELL FROM MINE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT KNEE.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED BRUISED RIGHT KNEE AGAINST THE MINE FLOOR WHILE OPERATING THE BOLTING MACHINE.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS MOVING AN OXYGEN TANK WHEN TANK SLIPPED AND CAUGHT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN TANK & PERSONNEL CARRIER AND ALSO TWISTED LOWER BACK.

Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL APPROX: 18'WIDE X 130'LONG X UNKNOWN HEIGHT IN NO.1 ENTRY, 40' INBY SURVEY STATION NO. 457.

Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL APPROX. 20 FT WIDE X 60 FT LONG X UNKNOWN HEIGHT IN NO. 5 ENTRY- 130 FT INBY SURVEY STATION NO. 599.

Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL APPROX. 20' WIDE X 20' LONG X 10' HIGH IN NO.4 ENTRY AT SURVEY STATION NO. 598.

Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL APPROX 20 FT LONG BY 20 FT WIDE BY 5 FT THICK IN NO. 2 ENTRY. 85 FT IN BY SURVEY STATION NO. 587.

Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER WHEN A ROCK 14 INCHES LONG X 6 INCHES WIDE X 2 1/2 INCHES THICK FELL FROM MINE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON SIDE OF RIGHT FOOT.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MINER CUTTER BITS CAUGHT A VENTILATION CURTAIN AND THREW SOME MATERIAL OFF THE CURTAIN AND STRUCK INJURED IN RIGHT EYE.