Struck by falling object
When the injured person started his drill steel in top a small piece of rock fell striking him on the hand.
NmeCoal
Estep Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by James Wayne Estep
Sandlick, Dickenson County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406979
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 2001–2006
- Latest incident
- Jun 2006
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file2006 · 2 incidents
Accident type, without injuries
Had a rock fall in intersection inby spad #2 breaks inby 1126.
2005 · 1 incident
Accident type, without injuries
ROCK FALL 6 BREAKS OUTBY FACE #6 ENTRY 1 BREAK OUTBY SPAD #184. APPROX 20' X 20' X 4' THICK.
2003 · 2 incidents
Struck by falling object
THE INJURED PERSON HAD HIS HAND ON TOP OF CANOPY, WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL CUTTING HIS FINGER, LITTLE FINGER & THE ONE NEXT TO LITTLE FINGER.
Accident type, without injuries
FOUND A ROOF FALL #9 ENTRY INTERSECTION OUTBY FACE.
2002 · 1 incident
Fall from machine
THE INJURED PERSON WAS CROSSING BELTLINE WHEN HE FELL AND HURT HIS BACK AND LEG.
2001 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS ON TOP OF THE MINER TO REMOVE A ROCK FOULED IN THE CONVEYOR CHAIN WHEN THE MINER OPERATOR MOVED THE MINER CATCHING THE EE BETWEEN THE ROOF AND MACHINE BRUISING HIS KNEE AND BACK.