Struck by falling object
Employee was standing behind the miner head waiting as two members moved the cover onto the shear jack. The new members did not see his hand and dropped the cover on his hand.
Hess Creek Surface MineCoal
Knox Creek Coal Corporation · Surface
Controlled by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Raven, VA, Russell County, VA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407244
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2008
- Latest incident
- Nov 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.