Mining Incidents

No 7Coal

LEBO Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Delbert R Sturgill
Norton, Wise County, VA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407024
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
29
Years on record
2001–2006
Latest incident
Feb 2006
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

29 on file

2006 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Injured strained his left knee while pulling the miner cable.

2005 · 3 incidents

Struck by falling object

Injured was operating the roof drill when the drill steel dropped out of the drilled hole striking him on thumb and index finger.

Struck by falling object

Injured was operating the roof drill when a rock approx. 50 inches long x 24 inches wide x 5 inches thick fell from roof striking him on his left upper leg.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED WAS WORKING ON A BRATTICE WHEN HIS LEFT KNEE SLIPPED OFF A BLOCK & BRUISED IT AGAINST THE MINE FLOOR. * THIS INJURY WAS NON-REPORTABLE UNTIL 11/01/05 AT WHICH TIME HE HAD SURGERY.

2004 · 5 incidents

Struck by powered moving object

Injured was moving roof bolts off top of the roof drill when the operator moved the roof drill and the tire ran against the side of his foot.

Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS SITTING EATING LUNCH WHEN A ROCK APPROX.: 2'WIDE X 2'LONG X 1""THICK FELL FROM MINE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON THE HEAD.

Struck against stationary object

INJURED CUT HIS RIGHT RING FINGER WHILE MOVING A BUNDLE OF ROOF BOLT BEARING PLATES - REQUIRING ONE SUTURE.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED BENT OVER TO MOVE THE MINER CABLE & BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE LOWER BACK PAIN.

No Value Found

Injured was tramming bolter and ran over some header boards, jolting his back.

2003 · 6 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE LIFTING HIS TOOL BOX.

No Value Found

INJURED WAS HELPING REPLACE THE CRAWLER DRIVE UNIT ON THE MINER AND STRAINED HIS GROIN WHILE PUSHING THE UNIT WITH HIS LEGS.

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS FRIGHTENED WHEN SOME ROCK FELL IN A COMPLETED PILLAR CUT CAUSING HIM TO JUMP AND STRAIN MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS OPERATING THE ROOF DRILL WHEN A ROCK APPROX: 24 INCHES WIDE X 24 INCHES LONG X 1 1/2 INCHES THICK FELL FROM MINE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT THUMB.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WATCHING SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR PULL THE MINER CABLE SLACK UP WHEN THE MINER CABLE STRUCK HIM ON THE LEGS, KNOCKING HIM DOWN.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE SHOVELING LOOSE MATERIAL.

2002 · 8 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS OPERATING THE SCOOP, PULLING CONVEYOR BELT OUT WHEN THE CHAIN BEING USED TO PULL THE BELT BROKE AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS FOREHEAD.

Struck by rolling or sliding object

INJURED WAS HELPING ON MINER WHEN A PIECE OF COAL WEIGHING APPROX: 50 LBS. ROLLED OFF RIB KNOCKING HIM INTO THE MINER DECK INJURING HIS LEFT HIP.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE PICKING UP AND MOVING TIMBERS.

Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS WALKING IN A BENT-OVER POSITION & STRUCK HIS LEFT UPPER BACK ON A ROOF BOLT PLATE.

Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS OPERATING A PERSONNEL CARRIER WHEN A ROCK APPROX. 12"" X 12"" X 10"" THICK FELL FROM MINE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT LEG AT SHIN. (BECAME INFECTED-WENT TO DR. 7-20-02).

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS IN THE OPERATORS DECK OF A DISABLED PERSONNEL CARRIER BEING MANEUVERED BY A SCOOP WHEN IT WAS MOVED AGAINST ANOTHER PERSONNEL CARRIER STRIKING HIM ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS OPERATING THE ROOF DRILL & THE DRILL STEEL DROPPED OUT OF THE HOLE STRIKING HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED BENT OVER AND PICKED UP A BOX OF RESIN WEIGHING APPROX 35 LBS AND CAUSED A HERNIA ON HIS LEFT SIDE.

2001 · 6 incidents

Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS WALKING IN A BENT OVER POSITION AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST A ROOF BOLT.

Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS OPERATING THE ROOF DRILL WHEN A ROCK APPROX. 10""X 10""X 1""THICK FELL FROM MINE ROOF STRIKING HIM ON LEFT WRIST.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE MOVING MINER CABLE.

Struck against stationary object

INJURED BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST A WOOD CRIB BLOCK WHILE HELPING TO REPAIR A SHUTTLE CAR.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS OPERATING THE ROOF DRILL WHEN THE DRILL STEEL BROKE STRIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED WAS PULLING VENTILATION CURTAIN OUT OF MUD AND STRAINED LEFT UPPER ARM MUSCLE.