SCOOP OPERATOR WAS CLEANING A CUT OF COAL, COAL HT. WAS 38 TO 44" ON SECTION. OPERATOR BACKED MACHINE UNDER A BROW AND THE OPERATORS HEAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BROW AND SCOOP. SCOOP HAD NO OPERA TING BRAKE SYSTEM
#47: 1 recorded fatality Coal
MSHA record for #47 (mine ID 4405831). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 30
- Years on record
- 1984–1995
- Latest incident
- Jun 1995
- Sutherland Coal Company 1982 to 1984
- Lambert Coal Company Inc 1984 to present
#47 sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% of county employment.
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
29 on file (excluding fatalities above)1995 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE HIT HEAD ON MINE TOP WHILE BENT OVER WALKING IN LOW COAL.
EE WAS HIT ON THE LEFT EAR BY A PIECE OF WIRE HANGING FROM A ROOFBOLT.
1993 · 4 incidents
EE WAS BACKING THE MINER OUT AND THE TOP FALL IN ON THE MINER.
ROCK SLIP FELL ON MINER RIPPER HEAD.
EMPLOYEE GOT HIS HAND & FINGERS CAUGHT WHILE TRYING
MINER BOOM HIT MINE TOP CAUSING A PIECE OF ROCK TO FLY BACK & HIT SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR ON ARM.
1992 · 8 incidents
ROOF FALL OCCURED ON #7 SOUTH SIZE APPROX 20'X20'X4 1/2' AT INTERSECTION 6 BREAKS INBY SPAD R339. THIS FALL REPORTED WITH ANOTHER FALL ON THE SAME DAY.
THIS REPORT IS TO DELETE THIS FALL #2 FROM THE ORIGINAL REPORT.FALL #2 WILL BE REPORTED ON ANOPTHER REPORT.
2 ROOF FALLS OCCURRED AT ABOUT SAME TIME ON #7 SOUTH. FALL #1- AT INTERSECTION 3 BREAKS INBY SPAD 907 APPROX. 20' X 20' X 4.5'. FALL #2- AT INTERSECTION 6 BREAKS INBY SPAD R339- APPROX. 20'X 2 0'X 4.5'.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING OUT FROM UNDER SOME GOB A PIECE OF BELT.
54730SITTING ON MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN R.B. AND HIT EMPL.
EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING IN LOW COAL LOADING MINE TIMBERS. WHILE AT WORK DOING THIS HE HURT HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BARREL OF OIL AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
1991 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SUPPLIES IN LOW COAL & HIT HIS ELBOW.
EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP AND GOT HIS KNEE AGAINST THE TOP.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A PUMP AND FELT PAIN IN HIS CHEST.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP HAULING ROCK & STATED HE RAN INTO A HOLE & JARRED HIS BACK
1990 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A CONVEYOR BOOM.HE WAS PULLING THE CHAIN THROUGH THE BOOM AND HURT HIS BACK.
1989 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO REPLACE A BEARING ON THE COAL FEEDER AND HIT HIS THUMB.
1988 · 4 incidents
EMPL WAS INSERTING BY HAND ROOFBOLT INTO HOLE & SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM STRAINING HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO MOVE TO ANOTHER LOCATION.HE WAS MOVING THE MINER CABLE BY HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A MINER CABLE AND HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PULL OUT A STOCK SHUTTLE CAR WITH A CHAIN ATTACHED TO ANOTHER SHUTTLE CAR THE CHAIN HOOK BROKE & THE CHAIN HIT THE OPERA TOR IN THE FACE
1986 · 1 incident
EMP WAS MOVING 5INE CURTAINS AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
1985 · 4 incidents
EE WAS CRAWLING ALONG BELT & HURT HIS RT KNEE.
EMP WAS CRAWLING ON HIS KNEES AND LATER NOTICED SWELLING OF THE RIGHT KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING R.B. MACNINE AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE WITH THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO LAOD BELT INTO A SUPPLY CAR & ALL BACKWARD INTO CAR STRIKING HIS LOWER BACK & PELVIS ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR