Mining Incidents

Nora Contour Coal

Controlled by Metinvest B V
Nora, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406969

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2000–2003
Latest incident
Feb 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
56
citations
19
significant & substantial
$8,033
proposed penalties
$7,588
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 439 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,936 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,734 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,304 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,232 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,856 7 2 1815.4
2008 Q1 3,078 4 0 1299.5
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2003 · 1 incident

February 3, 2003 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hokie Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE ROLLED A 55 GALLON DRUM OF ANTIFREEZE INTO THE BUCKET OF A LOADER. HE ROLLED THE DRUM APPROX.3'. AT THE END OF HIS WORK SHIFT (5 PM) HE WAS COMPLAINING OF HIS BACK HURTING.

2002 · 3 incidents

June 5, 2002 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hokie Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PRYING PAD OFF A DOZER CAT AND THE SLATE BAR THAT HE WAS USING SLIPPED OFF AND HE INJUREDHIS RT. SHOULDER.

January 25, 2002 VA · Coal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hokie Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

A TIRE FOR A POWDER TRUCK HAD FALLEN OVER FROM A FUEL TANK THAT IT HAD BEEN LYING AGAINST. AS EE WENT TO PUT IT BACK UP HE HURT HIS BACK. EE WAS ALSO INJURED (HIS BACK) ON 1-17-02 AS HE WAS HO LDING A BAR THAT HAD A MOTOR ON IT. THIS ACCIDENT ON 1-17-02 WAS REPORTED TOO.

January 17, 2002 VA · Coal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hokie Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE AND HIS HELPER WAS HOLDING A SLATE BAR WITH A TRAM MOTOR FOR A D45 DRILL HANGING FROM IT AND WAS BEING LINED UP BY ANOTHER HELPER. AS HE WAS HOLDING THE SLATE BAR HE FELT A PAIN IN HI S BACK.

2001 · 3 incidents

November 14, 2001 VA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Hokie Mining Company · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS WELDING A HAND RAIL ON A 777 CAT HAULER &BURNT HIS EYES.

September 21, 2001 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hokie Mining Company · Fall from machine

EE PARKED HIS SUPPLY TRUCK ALONG SIDE A CAT 777 HAULER TO WELD A HAND RAIL ONT HE HAULER AND AS HE WAS ON HIS SUPPLY TRUCK HE LOSTED HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND APPROX. 6 TO 7 FEET.

March 12, 2001 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Hokie Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING TIMBER IN FRONT OF THE HOKIE#7 STRIP & HE CUT A TREE THAT HAD GRAPE VINES IN IT& WHEN THE TREE FELL, THE VINES CAUSED THE TREE TO FALL THE WRONG DIRECTION & HIT THE EE IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD KNOCKING HIM HEADFIRST INTO A TREE STUMP

2000 · 3 incidents

November 21, 2000 VA · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hokie Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EE HAD PULLED HIS TRUCK ONTO THE DUMP AREA & STARTED BACKING UP TO THE DUMPING SITE. AS HE WAS BACKING BACK THE ROAD SPLIT & HE BACKED BETWEEN THE SPLIT OF THE ROADS THE TRUCK TURNED OVER ONT O ITS SIDE

October 20, 2000 VA · Coal drill helper MACHINERY
Hokie Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING & THE DRILL STEEL CAME OUTOF IT'S HOLDER & HE PUSHED ON IT WITH HIS SHOULDER & INJURED HIS SHOULDER.

October 19, 2000 VA · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hokie Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF THE CAB OF HIS TRUCK ONTO THE PLATFORM AND WHEN HE LEANED AGAINST THE HANDRAIL IT BROKE AND HE FELL ABOUT 8-10' TO THE GROUND.