#5 Strip Coal

Kodiak Mining Company · Surface

Controlled by Barnette Dennis A

Pound, Wise County, VA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4406579

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 1992
Latest incident: May 1992

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1992 · 1 incident

May 15, 1992 VA · Coal EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS

Kodiak Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

SHOT WAS LOADED AND WIRED TO BE DETONATED. ALL EQUIPMENT AND MANPOWER WERE REMOVED FROM AREA WHEN ELETRICAL STORM APPROACHED. LEAD WIRES WERE SHUNTED. DETONATION OF 5 HOLES OCCURRED BY LIGHTEN ING. AREA WAS BLOCKED OFF AND GUARDED UNTIL SAT. MORNING WHEN THE REST OF THE HOLES WERE DETONATED.

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