BUILDING BRATTICE WHEN LIFTING BRATTICE BLOCK STRAINED LOWER BACK.
Austin Creek No 2 Mine: 12 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Austin Creek No 2 Mine (mine ID 4405128). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 12
- Years on record
- 1990
- Latest incident
- Sep 1990
- Big Ten No 3 Inc 1978 to 1980
- Clinchfield Coal Company 1980 to present
Austin Creek No 2 Mine 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.Reportable incidents
12 on file1990 · 12 incidents
UNLOADING TIMBERS EMP SLIPPED IN SCOOP BUCKET FRACT L FOURTH FINGER
WHILE MOVING TIMBERS, A TIMBER FELL AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOURTH FINGER BETWEEN THE TIMBER AND A FLAT CAR.
MINER WAS LOADING IN 2 LEFT, WHEN THE CONVEYOR CHAIN HUNG UP. THE FOREMAN TOLD THE MINER OPERATOR TO BACK THE MINER OUT OF THE CUT. THE INJURED MAN HAD HIS RIGHT LEG OUT OF THE DECK OF THE MIN ER. A ROCK FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN BOLTS AND CAUGHT INJURED'S RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING CURTAIN ON #4 OFF SIDE OF THE MINER. WHEN HE TURNED TO GO AROUND THE BOOM OF THE MINER, HE RAN INTO A ROOF BOLT PLATE AND CUT HIS EAR.
THIS FALL OCCURRED IN THE AREA OF A MAJOR FAULT. THE AREA WAS BOLTED WITH A 6' FULLY GROUTED ROD AND THE FALL OCCURRED ABOVE THE BOLT. APPROX. 10' IN OVERALL THICKNESS.
WHILE REACHING FOR A WOODEN MEASURING STICK THE EE STUCK AN UNKNOWN OBJECT IN HIS LEFT RING FINGER THIS PEASON DID NOT GO TO A PHYSIUCIAN UNTIL 4-13-90.
THIS IS FAULT AREA MAN. HAD CHNGED TO 6' FULLY GROUTED POINT ANCHOR BOLT NO EQU INVOLVED
EMP UNLOADING RAIL OFF CAR RAIL TWISTED RESULT IN INJ WRIST
EMPL WAS PULLING RAIL OFF CAR & STRAINED HIUP.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BELT WHEN FOREMAN INSTRUCTUED HIM TO RECLEAN AN AREA OF BELT. EMPLOYEE STARTED CLEANING BELT AGAIN. AFTER FOREMEN LEFT, EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF HAVING A BACK STRAIN WHIL E CLEANING BELT.
EMPLOYEE DRILLED HOLE WITH STARTER PUT FINISHER IN HOLE AND PUSHER IN HEAD.HE USED HEAD PRESSURE TO PUSH THE PUSHER STEEL UP.HE WENT TOO FAR UP AND WAS GOING TO LET IT DOWN.HE HAD HIS AHND ON BOTH PIECES OF STEEL.HE STARTED TO LET IT DOWN AND MASHED LEAVER THE WRONG WAY AND CAUHGT HAND BETWEEN.