Contact with hot objects or substances
Employee was using torch to cut a broken place out of a hydraulic cylinder, when the oil in the cylinder ignited and flames shot underneath his helmet, burning his face.
Job #15 SurfaceCoal
A & G Coal Corporation · Surface
Controlled by James C Justice III
Appalachia, Wise County, VA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407201
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2007–2008
- Latest incident
- Jan 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2008 · 1 incident
2007 · 2 incidents
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Drill steel fell on hand when the steel fell through an auger hole mashing his right middle finger and thumb against the deck. Received several stitches in middle finger of right hand.
Accident type, without injuries
Employee was operating WT-8 water truck, travelling towards Job #14 at approx 800pm. a 1998 Chevy truck traveling the same direction hit WT-8 in the right rear area demolishing the pickup truck. The driver, though bleeding heavily, left the scene on foot. 911 call was made by foreman & after searching for injured driver (to no avail), MSHA & DMME were called.