Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE HIT DRILL STEEL THAT FELL AS HE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE IT FROM DRILLED HOLE. FRACTURED PINKIE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
Deep Mine # 9Coal
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Coeburn, Wise County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407027
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2001
- Latest incident
- Sep 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2001 · 3 incidents
Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING HEADERS AND WEDGES TO FINISH STOPPING. HE COULD NOT MAKE A TURN SO HE START-ED TO BACK UP WHEN HE ROLLED FORWARD CAUSING THESTEERING WHEEL TO SPIN AROUND AND HITTING HIS LEFT THUMB.
(Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS FOUND FACE DOWN BESIDE THE CONTINUOUS MINER WITH NO BREATHING AND NO PULSE. EE EXPERIENCED A FATAL HEART ATTACK.