Mining Incidents

Hackney Hollow #8: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Pittston Company
Prater, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406647

MSHA record for Hackney Hollow #8 (mine ID 4406647). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1994–1995
Latest incident
Sep 1995
Ownership history
  1. Motivation Coal Company 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hackney Hollow #8 sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
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.
Buchanan County, Virginia · Population 19,857
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,216
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1995 · 3 incidents

September 5, 1995 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Motivation Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING DOZER DOWN SLOPE AND RAN OVER ROCK WHICH JARRED BACK, FELT PAIN IN BACK AND WAS TAKEN HOME. LATER THAT AFTERNOON WIFE TOOK HIM TO DR. RETURNED TO WORK ON NEXT REGULAR SHIFT 9- 10-95 ON RESTRICTED WORK ACTITIVTY.

April 4, 1995 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Motivation Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE HELPING LOAD CUTTING EDGE IN AM. BACK PAIN STARTED THAT AFTERNOON, WENT TO DR 4-8-95 ON OFF DAY. RETURNED TO WORK ON REGULAR SCHEDULE, WENT TO DR 4-11-95, RETURNED TO WORK. WENT TO DR. ON 5 -1,02, AND 03 OFF DAYS. FIRST DAY MISSED 5-6-95. RETURNED TO WORK 5-5-95, OFF 5,6,7, AND 8-95. RETURNED TO WORK ON 5-13-95.

January 25, 1995 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Motivation Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING MECHANIC TAKE BLADE OFF OF DOZER AND STEPPED UP ON CRIB BLOCKS THAT HAD BEEN STACKED 4 FEET HIGH WHEN THE TOP BLOCK SLID CAUSINGHIM TO FALL BACKWARDS ONTO HIS LEFT ARM CAUSING F RACTURE.

1994 · 1 incident

October 27, 1994 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Motivation Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO INSTALL BEARINGS ON DOZER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL DISLODGED AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS RIGHT HAND. EMPLOYEE DID NOT BELIEVE THE METAL HAD ENTERED HIS HAND, HOWEVER, ON 10-31-94 EMPLOYEE REPORTED HE COULD FEEL THE METAL IN HIS HAND. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE DR.AND THE METAL WAS REMOVED, REQUIRING TWO STITCHES.