Mining Incidents

#5Coal

Controlled by Metinvest B V
Nora, Dickenson County, VA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406941
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Nov 2000
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2000 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING THE FINAL DRIVE OFF OF A 992 LOADER TO REPAIR THE BREAKING SYSTEM. THE FINAL DRIVE WAS HOOKED TO A HOIST ON THE SERVICE TRUCK. WHEN THE FINAL DRIVE CAME LOOSE IT SLIPPED AN D CAUGHT THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND BETWEEN THE DRIVE AND THE FRAME OF THE LOADER.

Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

ALLEGED PNEUMONIOSIS.