Estep Coal Co Inc · Accident type, without injuries
Found a roof fall in bleeder on weekly exam.
LMM Coal
Estep Coal Co Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
James Wayne Estep
Irvington,
Dickenson County,
VA
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407167
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 2008–2012
- Latest incident
- Nov 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
318
citations
73
significant & substantial
$62,274
proposed penalties
$44,729
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file2012 · 2 incidents
Estep Coal Co Inc · Struck against a moving object
The injured employee said while cutting coal with a deep operator miner it cut thru hard middle man causing miner to jump and causing his head to hit canopy of miner, hurting his back.
2011 · 1 incident
January 3, 2011
VA · Coal
continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Estep Coal Co Inc · Fall onto or against objects
The injured was taking loops of cable off miner boom when his feet slipped causing him to fall against miner boom stoving his left hand and arm up possibly breaking bone in his hand and left wrist.
2009 · 2 incidents
Estep Coal Co Inc · Accident type, without injuries
Foreman found roof fall on preshift in last open crosscut between #4 to 3 entries. Approx 90' Long, 18' to 20' wide, approx 4-6' thick, in last open crosscut. Timbered off.
Estep Coal Co Inc · Accident type, without injuries
A large slip fell above anchorage.
2008 · 2 incidents
October 27, 2008
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Estep Coal Co Inc · Struck by falling object
The roof bolter oper. had right hand on top of drill pot while moving the roof bolter into position, a piece of rock fell from top striking him on the hand.
Estep Coal Co Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Roof bolter operator was holding drill steel while drilling. Steel caught glove on right hand, twisting and breaking right arm.