Mining Incidents

Mine No 2Coal

D D & E Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Gary Dotson
Hurley, Buchanan County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406905
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
22
Years on record
2000–2004
Latest incident
Mar 2004
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

22 on file

2004 · 2 incidents

Accident type, without injuries

Out by area intersection of spad #1148, #3 entry. 50'long x 20'wide x 5-6'thick. Cribbed Off.

Accident type, without injuries

FACE AREA #4 ENTRY 100' IN BY 1143 SPAD. 80' LONG 20' WIDE AND 6' THICK, TIMBERED OFF.

2003 · 3 incidents

No Value Found

EE WAS SWINGING HEAD OF BOLTER, HEAD CAUGHT ON ROCK, STOPPED THE HEAD FOR A SECOND THEN TURNED LOOSE CAUSING THE HEAD TO COME TO FAR OVER AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST THE HEAD OF THE BOLT ER.

Accident type, without injuries

OUTBY FACE 500' AT SPAD #1043 IN INTERSECTION 60'LONG, 39""THICK #6 HEADING WITH NO INTERFERENCE TO AIR. NO PLANS TO CLEAN IT UP TIMBERED OFF.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS GETTING A BOX OF GLUE OFF THE ROOF BOLTER AND HE GOT A CATCH OF PAIN IN HIS LEFT SIDE.

2002 · 4 incidents

Struck by falling object

EE AND 4 CO-WORKERS WERE ROCKDUSTING AN UNDERGROUND BELT. A PIECE OF ROCK WAS SPOTTED WHICH WAS LOOSE AND OTHER TOLD EE TO PULL THE ROCK. HE WAS TRYING TO GET IN POSITION TO PULL THE ROCK AND HIT THE ROCK WITH HIS SHOULDER AND IT FELL.

Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS LOADING ROOF BOLTS INTO A SCOOP. HE SLIPPED OR LOST HIS FOOTING WHILE ON TOP OF THE SCOOP BUCKET. HE FELL INTO THE SIDE OF THE BUCKET AND HURT HIS BACK.

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS ON A PERSONEL BUGGY IN RETURN. HE WAS IN REVERSE COMING OUT OF A PLACE HE WAS NOT LOOKING BEHIND HIM AND HIT A LOW PLACE AND JAMMED HIS NECK.

Accident type, without injuries

BAD TOP WAS TIMBERED OFF PRIOR TO ROCK FALL 2 BREAKS INBY SPAD #687.

2001 · 6 incidents

Struck by falling object

EE RAISED THE LID ON MINER TO CHECK A WATER LEAKBUT DIDN'T RAISE THE LID HIGH ENOUGH AND THE LIDFELL ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

Accident type, without injuries

WAS PULLING PILLARS. SLIP IN TOP COVERED MINER UP.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING BELT, BELT CAUGHT SHOVEL AND SLAMMED HIS HAND AGAINST THE ROOF.

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

INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN HIS GLOVE CAUGHT ON A ROOF BOLT. HE PUSHED THE ROTATION LEVER INSTEAD OF THE SUMP LEVER CAUSING HIS RIGHT HAND TO BETWISTED, BREAKING IT.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE PICKED UP A 21 SC BUGGY TIRE. HE HAS BACK PAIN SINCE HE LIFTED THE TIRE.

Struck against stationary object

HE WAS UNLOADING BELT STRUCTURE & HIT HIS ELBOW ON A RETURN ROLLER STAND INJURING ELBOW.

2000 · 7 incidents

Rubbed or abraded

HURT KNEE BY CRAWLING AND TWISTING AROUND.

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

HE WAS HANGING THE MINER CABLE SLACK TO THE MINER WHEN HE GOT HIS THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROPE AND CABLE.

Struck against a moving object

OPERATING A 270 TRACTOR, HIT A ROUGH PLACE IN MINE FLOOR AND JARRED HIS BACK.

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CRAWLING AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

Accident type, without injuries

WE WERE ON PILLARS SOMETIME ON THE MORNING OF 8/29/00. THE TOP CRACKED LETTING WATER RUN THROUGHTHE ROOF AND WATER FILLED A DIP ON SECTION AND SUBMERGED THE 2480 CONTINUOUS MINER.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING A 270 RAM CAR AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT KNEE BETWEEN THE ROOF AND OPERATOR'S DECK.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TIGHTENING THE CONVEYOR BELT WITH A SET OF RED DEVILS AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND ARM.