RIDING ON MANTRIP FELL TO KEEP HEAD DOWN HAT STRUCK COLLAR ROLLING HIS HARD HAT OVER HEAD SCRAPPING HIS HEAD
Mine No 1: 18 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 4404528). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 18
- Years on record
- 1989–1991
- Latest incident
- Apr 1991
- Universal Coal Company 1976 to 1977
- Universal Coal Company 1977 to 1982
- R L & H Coal Company Inc 1982 to 1989
- Raider Mining Inc 1989 to present
Mine No 1 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.Reportable incidents
18 on file1991 · 5 incidents
SHOVELING AROUND BELT DRIVE STRAINED BACK
MAN WAS RIDING A 2 MAN PERSONNEL CARRIER TO D02 SECTION WHEN HE MET A SCOOP TRAVELING TOWARD OUTSIDE. THE MAN PULLED INTO A BREAK TO LET SCOOP PASS. THE HAULROAD WAS ROUGH AND MUDDY. THE BATTE RY END OF SCOOP SLID INTO THE PERSONNEL CARRIER JARRING THE MAN AND INJURING HIS BACK.
STANDARD BUGGY WENT ON HIGH TRAM AFTER BEING ENERGIZED & OPERATOR HAD STEPPED OFF BUGGY RAMMED INTO BACK OF MINER MINER OPERATOR WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF DECK OF MINER TO AVOID BUGGY HIT HIS H EAD & LEFT SHOULDER AGAINST A ROOF BOLT
MAN WAS USING A JACK TO HELP REPOSITION A RIPPER MOTOR TO INSTALL THE TOP HOLDING PIN JACK SLIPPED OUT HITTING THE MAN JUST ABOVE THE LEFT KNEE CAP.
1990 · 8 incidents
SCOOP OPERATOR TRAMMING INSIDE WITH SUPPLIES A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROX. 8X10X1 THICK FELLOW OPERATORS HAND AND LEFT ARM.
RAN OVER ROCK IN ROAD, BOUNCING HIM IN TOP
FALL 11 BRKS OUTBY FACE IN #8 HEADING IN INTERSECTION BETWEEN SPAD 531 AND SPAD # 535. IT WAS TIMBER OFF CONTINUATION OF OLD FALL.
EMPL WAS OPERATING SCOOP BRINGING IT OUTSIDE. HE GOT AGAINST RIB & RIB FELL OFF INTO SCOOP MASHING MIDDLE FINGER.
INJURED MAN WAS SITTING DOWN WITH LEGS CROSSED INDIAN STYLE WHEN HE STOOD UP HIS KNEE POPPED OUT OF PLACE.HE SAID HIS KNEE HAD POPPED OUT LIKE THIS BEFORE.
FALL 18 FT WIDE 36" HIHG 50 FT LON CRIBBED OFF DANGER OFF.
PIECE OF DRAW ROC APPROX 3' BY 6' & UP TO 3" THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS ONTO MINER OPERATOR AS HE WAS TAKING FIRST CUT OUT OF #6 RIGHT BREAK ON 001 SECTION. ROCK FELL SUDDENLY GIVING N O WARNING.
CHANGING RIPPER MOTOR ON 14-1 JOY MINER AND WAS TRYING TO LINE PIN HOLES UP, MOTOR SLIPPED & PERSON HAD FINGER IN HOLE WHERE PINS WENT CUTTING END OF RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER OFF RIGHT BEHIND FINGE R NAIL.
1989 · 5 incidents
WHILE PULLING SHUTTLE CAR WITH SCOOP,CHAIN HIT SHUTTLE CAR,OBJECT HIT OPERATORS EYE.THOUGHT TO BE PAINT FLAKE FROM SHUTTLE CAR.PERSON WORKED REST OF SHIFT.ALSO NEXT SHIFT,THEN WAS OFF 3 DAYS H AD POINT REMOVED FROM EYE.
SOMETIME BETWEEN SATURDAY EVENING AT 1100 PM WHEN THE 2ND SHIFT QUDITE 1100 PM SUNDAY NIGHT WHEN THE 3 RD SHIFT STARTED THERE WAS A ROOF FALL IN N 2 HDG. 70 FT OUTBY SPAD NO 41 APPROX. 2 BRKS OUTBY THE FACE. THE FALL WAS APPROX. 16 FT WIDE 30 FT LONG AND 3 FT THICK. IT CAUGHT A SPARE 21 SC JOY SHUTTLE CAR.
PERSON WAS HELPING PINNING MACHINE OPER. INTALL BOLTS IN HIGH TOP. PERSON HAD TO GET ON TOP OF MACHINE TO REACH TOP. STEEL CAME OUT OF WRENCH AND THREW PERSON OFF PINNING MACHINE ONTO GROUND OR FLOOR OF MINE.
CONTINUOUS MINER LEFT APPROX. 18" CAP COAL O ROOF. PERSON WAS USEING SLATE BAR. STEEMPTING TO PULL CAP COAL FROM ROOF.
WHILE CLEANING ON OUTSIDE BELT DRIVE HE SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS BACK ON BRACE WELDED TO THE BACKSTOP