Mining Incidents

Cheyenne #1 Coal

Controlled by Tommy N Bright I
Norton, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405726

MSHA record for Cheyenne #1 (mine ID 4405726). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1993
Latest incident
Jun 1993
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
2
inspections on record
3
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 3 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1993 · 1 incident

June 25, 1993 VA · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman MACHINERY
Cheyenne Processing Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PATIENT WAS HIT IN THE BACK WHEN METAL BROKE LOOSE AND PINNED HIM BETWEEN METAL AND BEAM CAUSING BACK INJURY.

1984 · 1 incident

June 25, 1984 VA · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elite Coals Inc · Fall from machine

R/R CAR HAD FAULTY BRAKE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. CLIMBING CAR LADDER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER IN HAND. MISSED HAND RUNG FALLING BACKWARD TO GRROUND INJURING RT. HIP.

1983 · 1 incident

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