Mining Incidents

Holton Loadout/Crest Tipple: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Keokee, Lee County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406361

MSHA record for Holton Loadout/Crest Tipple (mine ID 4406361). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1989–1995
Latest incident
Jul 1995
Ownership history
  1. Westmoreland Coal Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Holton Loadout/Crest Tipple sits in Lee County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Lee County, Virginia · Population 22,042
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$42,269
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1995 · 2 incidents

July 24, 1995 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westmoreland Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE WATER SHUT OFF VALVE FOR THE LOADOUT HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK.

January 13, 1995 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westmoreland Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE STATED THAT WHILE STRAIGHTENING OUT A PIECE OF 1-1/2" BLEXIBLE WATER LINE THE METAL SUPPLY (WATER) LINE FELL OFF OF BELT FRAM ONTO HIS RIGHT FOOT. EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING THE TUNN EL BELT.

1994 · 2 incidents

July 12, 1994 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Westmoreland Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS UNSTOPPING A CHUTE AND THE SLATE BAR BECAME HUNG IN AN ATTEMPT TO FREE THE BAR, HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK, EXTENDING TO HIS HIPS AND LEGS (LOWER BODY).

April 26, 1994 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westmoreland Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED STATED HE WAS DEGOBBING COAL CHUTE & REMOVING ROCK FROM BELT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN BACK

1992 · 1 incident

November 30, 1992 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westmoreland Coal Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CARRYING CRIB BLOCK FROM THE BELT LINE TO THROW OFF SILO. WHEN HE THREW BLOCK HE FELT PAIN IN BACK.

1991 · 2 incidents

December 23, 1991 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Westmoreland Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE LIFTING A PIECE OF METAL TO HELP FREE ANOTHER PIECE OF METAL. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED FALLING AGINST RAILING.

February 25, 1991 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Westmoreland Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS COMPANY IS ONLY REPORTING AN ALLEGED DIAGNSIS AND DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NAY ILLNESS EXISTS RO THAT THE ALLEGED DIAGNOSIS IS AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS. THE COMPANY THEREFORE CANNOT REPO RT THE CAUSE OR THE NATURE OF THE ALLEGED DIAGNOSIS. THE COMPANY OEPRATES IT'S MINES IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT IS DOUBTBUL THAT THE ALLEDGED DIAGNOSIS COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THIS PERSON'S

1989 · 1 incident