Mining Incidents

Dominion No 20 Coal

Dominion Coal Corporation · Underground
Whitewood, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405386

MSHA record for Dominion No 20 (mine ID 4405386). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1984–1992
Latest incident
Dec 1992
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1992 · 2 incidents

December 9, 1992 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mackie J Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL AT SURVEY STATION 028. THE ROOF FELL AT THE INTERSECITON IN #3 ENTRYAT THE ABOVE MENTIONED SURVEY STATION. T HE FALL OCCURRED AT A RIDER SEAM THAT WAS PRESENT IN THE MINE ROOF.

September 3, 1992 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mackie J Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MINER WAS IN #3 ENTRY FACE. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL LANDING ON MINER OPER. RT. HAND. HIS RT HAND WAS ON MINER CONTROLS.

1991 · 1 incident

1988 · 1 incident

1987 · 1 incident

1985 · 2 incidents

July 24, 1985 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Alfred Whited Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME HAD POSITIONED HIMSELF ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RAM CAR OBSERVING TIMBERING OPERATIONS IN THE LEFT CROSSCUT AND AS THE OPERATOR OF THE TRACTOR/RAM CAR BACKED UNDER THE LOADING BOOM OF TH E MINER, LOCATED IN THE HEADING HE RAN OVER BOTH I.NAMES FEET

1984 · 2 incidents

October 1, 1984 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Alfred Whited Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON AN OLD SECTION BREAK OUTBY SPAD NO.247 AND THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT THE FALL WAS 20 FT WIDE BY 20 FT LONG BY 5 FT THICK THE FALL OCCURRED IN THE NO.5 HANDING.

June 8, 1984 VA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Alfred Whited Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE DID NOT KNOW OF ANY PARTICULAR INCIDENT WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED HIS KNEE TO SWELL.

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