Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
The highwall fell in and pinned the employee against the outer berm of the miner pit.
No. 4 HWMCoal
Surface Minerals Company · Surface
Controlled by Metinvest B V
BREAKS, Dickenson County, VA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407112
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2005–2006
- Latest incident
- May 2006
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2006 · 1 incident
2005 · 3 incidents
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was shoveling coal off of a mining beam that was on the fork lift when the beam caught his right foot mashing his toes.
Fall from machine
Employee was standing on the hose chain of the Highwall Miner and as he was stepping off onto a support beam he slipped and fell a distance of approximately three (3) feet.
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was lifting a piece of metal (1/4""x30""x42"") and as he lay it down it caught the side and little finger on the left hand.