Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
PAINTING WAS BEING DONE ON HIGHWALL MINER BETWEEN THE DATE OF 4/16- 4/20 2001. EMPLOYEE REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH HIS BREATHING.
No 2 MineCoal
Caney Coal Inc · Surface
Controlled by Bobby W Hill
Appalachia, Wise County, VA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406954
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000–2001
- Latest incident
- Apr 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2001 · 1 incident
2000 · 2 incidents
Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE SAID AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER FROM THE ELCTRIC CONTROL ROOM ON THE HIGHWALL MINER HE THOUGHT HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL ABOUT 4 OR 5 FT HURTING HIS LEFT RIB CAGE.
Struck by flying object
ROCK FELL FROM TOP HITTING THE HIGHWALL MINER. ROCK BUSTED INTO SEVERAL PIECES. ONE PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. THE SIZE OF A SHOE HIT EE IN THE NECK AREA.