RIB ROCK FELL-SCOOP BACKING UP DISLODGED LARGE ROCK WHICH CAUGHT EMPL NECK.ROCK-57\\ X 31\\ X 10\\ FROM LOWER SECTION OF COAL AND ROCK RIB STRIKING UPPER PORTION OF BODY. SCOOP NOT EQUIPPED WI CANOPY AS OTHER AREAS OF MINE HAD HEIGHT OF LESS THAN 42\\.
Carrie #5 Mine: 1 recorded fatality Coal
MSHA record for Carrie #5 Mine (mine ID 4405911). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 27
- Years on record
- 1983–1988
- Latest incident
- Sep 1988
- Carrie Coal Company Inc 1982 to 1990
- River Bend Mining Inc 1990 to 1990
- Wellmore Coal Corp 1990 to present
Carrie #5 Mine sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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
26 on file (excluding fatalities above)1988 · 3 incidents
HE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE AND RUPTURED HIMSELF IN BOTH SIDES.
JACKING TAILPIECE UP. HANDLE COME OUT STRUCK ON JAW.
ROOF BOLTER HAD INSTALLED FIRST ROW HAD PUT ONE BOLT IN SECOND ROW ROCK FELL OUT OF TOP HIT FINGER ON LEFT HAND CUT FINGER OFF
1987 · 1 incident
WHILE CLEANING 9OCK FROM DRIFT MOUTH INJURED WAS STRUCK IN THE GROIN BY THE CORNER OF A STEEL PLATE.
1986 · 4 incidents
PULLING MINER C5BLE FROM 7 SLIPPED AND FALL STRIKING KNEE ON ROCK.
BENDING A ROOF 6OLT ANDTWISTED BACK.
WHILE PULLING S5ACK OFF OF BELT TAKE-UP A MAN PUT TAKE-UP IN CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN STEEL ROPE & SHIVE WHEEL.
TAMPING SHOT AN8 SMALL PIECE OF SLATE FELL HITTING EMPL ON LEFT SIDE OF BACK.
1985 · 3 incidents
CAUGHT FINGER U3DER BLADE OF SCOOP BUCKET AS IT HIT HOLE AND BROKE FINGER.
TAKING BOLTS OUT OF CUTTER BAR AND PULLED BACK MUSCLE.
CUTTER CABLE HUNG ON REEL AND I.NAME JERKED CABLE AND PULLED CHEST MUSCLE.
1984 · 10 incidents
ROOF FALL OCCURED IN THE INTERSECTION OF NO.5 ENTRY BELT 1ST RIGHT OFF MAINS, FOUND ON PRESHIFT EXAMINATION OUT 12-17-84 ROOF FALL 35\LONG 20\WIDE 3\-6\ THICK FELL WHEN MINE WAS IDLE.
ROOF FALL IN #2 ENTRY INTERSECTION 60\OUTBY FACE.FALL 90\LONG X 20\WIDE X 2-4\THICK.FALL OCCURRED SOME TIME BETWEEN 11-21 AND 11-26.FELL WHILE MINE WAS IDLE.FOUND ON PRESHIFT EXAM 11-26-84.
PULLING CABLE FOR ROOF BOLTED AN TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
TWISTED KNEE WHILE GETTING IN SCOOP (REINJURED)
LIFT BELT ROPE TO PUT IN HANGER HURT BACK
RIPPER CHAIN FROM MINER SLIPPED AND HIT LEFT HAND BREAKING FOREFINGER
DRILLING COAL DRILL HUNG STRIKING MAN ON NOSE.
HIT HAND ON SIDE OF FEEDER WHILE SHOVELING COAL
TRIPPED AND SLIPPED ON ICE & SNOW HURTING KNEE.
RUNNING SCOOP AND RAN THRU CURTAIN PIECE OF TIE WIRE HIT LEFT EYE.
1983 · 5 incidents
TWISTED RT KNEE WHILE HELPING SHOOT COAL
HURT BACK WHILE PUSHING BELT
SHOT INTO OLD WORKS RELEASING WATER
CAUGHT GLOVE ON DRILL STEEL WHILE BOLTING TOP
MUD SEAMS WAS LAYING ON EACH SIDE OF 4-5\ WIDE ROOF.