Mining Incidents

Black Bear #4Coal

Dante, Russell County, VA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407059
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Jun 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

Fall from machine

THE ALLEGED INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 6-5-03 WHEN THE EE WAS DISMOUNTING THE CAB OF HIS LUBE TRUCK WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND STRIKING LEFT ELBOW. EE CONTINUED TO WORK REGULAR DUTIES UNTIL 7-22-03 AT WHICH TIMEHE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY BY A MEDICAL SPECIALIST.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE INJURED EE WAS STANDING IN THE EE PARKING AREA WAITING FOR THE SHIFT CHANGE WHEN HE TOOK A STEP BACKWARDS AND TURNED HIS RIGHT ANKLE ON GRAVEL. THE EE EXPERIENCED A SAME LEVEL FALL ONTO HI S RIGHT ANKLE CAUSING THE ANKLE FRACTURE.