Mining Incidents

Mine No. 4 Coal

Hubble Mining Company LLC · Underground
Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407048

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2003–2007
Latest incident
Oct 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
347
citations
130
significant & substantial
$72,802
proposed penalties
$58,639
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
2008 Q3 6,058 9 2 1485.6
2008 Q2 10,451 39 14 3731.7
2008 Q1 10,221 7 1 684.9
2007 Q4 11,399 20 4 1754.5
2007 Q3 10,926 11 2 1006.8
2007 Q2 9,252 8 0 864.7
2007 Q1 10,064 8 6 794.9
2006 Q4 9,820 10 5 1018.3
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2007 · 1 incident

October 16, 2007 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hubble Mining Company LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Shoveling in mud around belt drive. Got foot stuck in mud - lost balance & fell backward against rib, breaking right shoulder.

2006 · 1 incident

2005 · 1 incident

April 30, 2005 VA · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Hubble Mining Company LLC · Flash burns (electric)

When putting breaker in, breaker and/or recepticle flashed creating burns to hands and face.

2004 · 1 incident

2003 · 1 incident