Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS MOVING BLOCKS. A ROCK FELL ON HIS BACK ASHE SQUATTED DOWN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
No 10Coal
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Theodore Yates
Norton, Wise County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406996
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000–2002
- Latest incident
- May 2002
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2002 · 1 incident
2001 · 3 incidents
Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL HAD OCCURRED IN LAST OPEN XCUT OF #6 ENTRY, AS A RESULT OF A HORSEBACK OR SLIP. NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM WITH ROOF IN THE AREA OF THE FALL, WHEN SHIFT ENDED ON 11-02-01. FALL HAD ALREADY OCCURRED, WHEN FOREMAN FOUND IT, ON 11-03-01 AT APPROX 1245, DURING A CHECK OF WATER PUMPS.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SEVERAL EES WERE INSTALLING CUTTER CHAIN ON MINER CUTTER HEAD. CHAIN FOLDED PINCHING EE'S LEFT THUMB BETWEEN LINKS. THUMB WAS BROKEN & CUT REQRUIRING STITCHES.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS CARRYING 2 BUCKETS OF OIL IN A STEEP PLACE. HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED FROM UNDER HIM CAUSINGHIM TO WRENCH HIS LEFT KNEE.
2000 · 1 incident
Struck by falling object
A SMALL ROCK FELL ON CANOPY OF PINNER, SLID OFF AND LANDED ON RIGHT FOOT, BRUISING FOOT.