Mining Incidents

Strip #11Coal

Controlled by James C Justice III
Appalachia, Wise County, VA · Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4406991
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
36
Years on record
2001–2008
Latest incident
May 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

36 on file

2008 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was laying on his side & picked up a crib block, placed it against the idler on a D-10 Dozer. He rolled over onto his back to get up then felt a sharp pain in his neck and shoulders, then running down his spine. Suffered headache and nausea.

2007 · 6 incidents

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee shut the drill door on his middle and ring fingers on his right hand.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was replacing track on D10T, pulling and lifting caused him to pull the webbing from a hernia injury two years ago, not job related.

Struck by flying object

Employee was attempting to grind bosses on a hydraulic control valve. He was standing under the machine, reaching through hoses and looking up at the area where he was grinding. Piece of metal dust flew into his eye.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was stepping off his grader when he hopped off the step, he heard a snapping sound & started having severe bak pain & muscle spasms.

Struck by flying object

Employee had primed water pump (6"") and started engine...The primer plate blew off and hit employee in the head requiring stitches.

Fall from machine

Employee was stepping down from drill, missed bottom step and fell backward, landing with his weight on his right hand.

2006 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

employee fell from deck next to the fuel tank on a d-10-t dozer while trying to retrieve a fire extinguisher.

2005 · 5 incidents

Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL OFF THE CATWALK OF THE DOZER, LANDING ON THE PUSHBEAM INJURING HIS PELVIS.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING WORK ON HAULER, HOOD HAD BEEN REMOVED LEANING UP AGAINST HAND RAIL. THE WIND BLEW THE HOOD OVER ON EMPLOYEE STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD.

Struck against a moving object

EE was operating dozer on 7/28/05 when dozer hit large 5.5. rock stopping the dozer suddenly jarring ee. He felt pain in his back at that time but continued to work during varying levels of pain until 8-17-05. He was helping mechanic work on dozer, reached something to mechanic and felt severe pain in back went for medical help.

Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DOZER AND IT SLIPPED OFF A ROCK AND JARRED HIM. HE INDICATED THAT HIS FINGERS WERE GOING NUMB AND HIS SHOULDERS WERE HURTING.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was servcing the 330 excavator and as he was attempting to dismount the machine he slipped. He placed his left foot on the ground and twisted his left ankle.

2004 · 7 incidents

Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a 992G Loader, a rock fell from the highwall hitting the loader on the boom causing a severe jolt. EE felt pain in his neck & shoulder.

Struck by falling object

A BOGIE PIN ROLLED OFF A SHELF IN THE PARTS TRAILER & LANDED ON EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND, MASHING HIS MIDDLE FINGER.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was dismounting his hauler and twisted his back. Was not reported until 10-1-04.

Struck by flying object

Employee was helping repair the d-10r dozer when he either wiped his eye and got piece of metal in his eye or the wind blew the metal into his eye.

Struck against a moving object

ROCK ROLLED OUT OF A SHOT AND WENT UNDER HAULER. WHEN LOADER OPERATOR PICKED UP THE HAULER TO SET IT OFF THE ROCK, THE BUCKET SLIPPED, SHAKING THE HAULER AND EMPLOOYEE.

Fall from machine

EE WAS STEPPING OUT OF POWDER TRUCK ONTO FROZEN, UNEVEN GROUND AND SPRAINS HIS LEFT ANKLE.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING TO LOAD A BLASTING SHOT, STEPPED INTO A DRILL HOLE, TWISTING HIS RIGHT LEG.

2003 · 7 incidents

No Value Found

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A HAULER AND SAID HE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD, FELT A POP IN THE CENTER OF HIS BACK.

Struck by flying object

EE HELPING MECHANIC ON HIS DOZER, WIND BLEW A PIECE OF DIRT INTO LEFT EYE.

Fall from ladders

REMOVING RADIATOR OUT OF MACHINE STANDING ON LADDER WITH PRY BAR WEDGING RADIATOR OUT OF SOCKET, PRY BAR SLIPPED OFF RADIATOR. STARTED FALLING OFF LADDER, TURNED & JUMPED TO PREVENT FURTHER IN JURIES, LANDED ON LEFT LEG, BRUISING FOOT & KNEE.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DISMOUNTING HIS DOZER AND WHEN HE SHIFTED HIS WEIGHT TO HIS RT.LEG ON THE GROUND, IT STRAINED HIS RT. KNEE.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING AROUND HIS HAULER DOING AN INSPECTION. HE STEPPED UPON THE BERM. A ROCK ROLLED OUT FROM UNDER HIS FEET, CAUSING HIM TO FALL, HURTING HIS KNEE.

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING A 785 B HAULER WHEN HE HIT A ROUGH PLACE IN THE ROAD ADN FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK FROM THE JOLT.

Struck against stationary object

WHILE STEPPPING OUT OF A FIELD TRUCK, HE CAUGHT HIS FOOT IN A SHIM THAT WAS LYING ON THE GROUND.WHEN HE STARTED PICKING THE SHIM UP TO PUT IT IN ANOTHER LOCATION IT WAS FROZEN TO THE GROUND & WHEN HE PICKED IT UP IT CUT HIS FINGER.

2002 · 7 incidents

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM A 375 EXCAVATOR TO THE GROUND WHEN HE STEPPED ON A SHARP ROCK WITH THE INSTEP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT. EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 8-13-02. HE THEN SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION & WAS OFF WORK UNTIL 8-18-02.

Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WALKING AROUND A DOZER AND STEPPED ON A LUMP OF DIRT, TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD JUST COME FROM UNDERNEATH A MACHINE AND WAS GOING TO REMOVE ENGINE ENCLOSURES WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED IN MUD. EE MOVED QUICKLY TO PREVENTHIMSELF FROM FALLING AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TAKING DRAIN PLUG OUT OF A 988 WHEEL UNTI USING BREAKER BAR AND SOCKET. THE PLUG WOULD NOT COME OUT SO EE WAS HITTING THE BAR WITH A HAMMER TO HELP LOOSEN IT, STRUCK HIS FINGER WITH THE HAMMER.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED OUT OF A PICKUP & HIS RIGHT FOOT WENT INTO A HOLE. WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF HIS LEFT ANKLE & KNEE BENT IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION THAN HE WAS FALLING.

Struck by flying object

EE WAS REPLACING HARD BAR BUSHINGS ON DOZER. THE MACHINE WAS BEING MOVED UP AND DOWN BY THE HYDRAULICS WHEN A WEDGE THAT WAS BEING USED WAS STRUCK AND DISLODGE, STRIKING THE EE.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A 5 GALLON BUCKET WITH A RAZOR KNIFE AND THE RAZOR SLIPPED AND JABBED HIM IN THE RIGHT THIGH. THIS REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.

2001 · 2 incidents

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS HELPING ANOTHER DISASSEMBLE A JACK ON A DRILL. THEY WERE BOTH PULLING ON A PIPE WRENCH WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND EE PULLED HIS BACK.

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A D11R CAT DOZER IN SHOT MATERIAL AND HOOKED A ROCK WITH THE BLADE. WHEN HE TRIED TO BACK UP AND AWAY FROM THE ROCK, THE BLADE SLIPPED AWAY FROM THE ROCK AND JERKED HIS NECK.