Mining Incidents

Nme Coal

Estep Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by James Wayne Estep
Sandlick, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406979

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2001–2006
Latest incident
Jun 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
215
citations
63
significant & substantial
$17,583
proposed penalties
$17,415
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
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q2 10,804 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 10,916 10 1 916.1
2006 Q4 10,818 6 1 554.6
2006 Q3 10,628 19 8 1787.7
2006 Q2 10,671 24 6 2249.1
2006 Q1 10,762 5 2 464.6
2005 Q4 10,773 9 3 835.4
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2006 · 2 incidents

June 23, 2006 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Estep Coal Company Inc · 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.

2005 · 1 incident

2003 · 2 incidents

September 11, 2003 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Estep Coal Company Inc · 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.

2002 · 1 incident

December 9, 2002 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Estep Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

THE INJURED PERSON WAS CROSSING BELTLINE WHEN HE FELL AND HURT HIS BACK AND LEG.

2001 · 1 incident

June 6, 2001 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Estep Coal Company Inc · 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.