THE INJURED PERSON WALKED BETWEEN ROOF BOLTER AND SHUTTLE CAR AS THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS MAKING A TURN, CATCHING THE INJURED'S FOOT BETWEEN SHUTTLE CAR AND THE ROOF BOLTING MACHINE. THE ROOF BOLTE R WAS PARKED OUT.
Mine No 1: 14 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 4405059). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 14
- Years on record
- 1983–1988
- Latest incident
- Feb 1988
- Farwest Coal Company 1978 to 1979
- M & T Coal Company Inc 1979 to 1981
- Estep Coal Company Inc 1981 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
14 on file1988 · 1 incident
1987 · 3 incidents
TH INJURED PERS2N WAS SERVICING LOADER HE WAS FIXING TO PUT OIL IN MACHINE WHEN HE LIFTED A LID THAT IS HINGED BY DOING SO STRAINED HIS BACK
SCAPING RIB, US3NG SCOOP RIB ROLLED ON THE INJURED PERSO.
INJ HELPING ON 7M WHEN A PILLAR FALL STARTED HE RAN BACK THRU THE ENTRY AND PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL ON HIM.
1986 · 1 incident
THE EMPLOYEE GO7 OFF SCOOP TO USE BATHROOM GOT NEXT TO RIB AND A ROCK ROLLED OFF ON HIS LEG
1984 · 7 incidents
MASHED FINGER BETWEEN PINNER HEAD AND CANOPY.
ROCK WAS SHOVELING A RIB ON A CUT THRU, WHEN SOME COAL ROLLED OF ON HIS LEG.
MAN WAS SHOVELING BELT, WHEN HE SUPPOSELY, STRAIN BACK.
THE INJURED PARTY, SAID HE HIT A HOLE IN BOTTOM WITH THE SHUTTEL CAR, CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS SIDE AGAINST METAL.
THE INJURED HAD COMPLETED A SHIFT, AND WAS ON HIS WAY OUTSIDE WHEN A PIECE OF ROD FELL OUT BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS, STIRING HIM IN THE BAD THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED ABOUT 16 BREAK OUTBY FACE.
CANOPY HAD CAUGHT THE ROAD BOLT PLATES, BENDING ONE DOWN THE INJURED WORKER HIT THE BACK FO HIS NECK & BACK AGAINST SAME, CAUSING A CUT TO BE LACERATED BY THE ROOF BOLT PLATE.
HAD A GROUNDED CABLE ON OFF STD SHUTTLE CAR THE INJURED PERSON TRYED TO RESET BRAKER WHEN HE DID THIS IT FLASHED IN BREAKER BACK ON HIS RT HAND
1983 · 2 incidents
THE INJURED PERSON WAS HANGING A CABLE WHEN DRILL OPERATOR PUT THE REEL ON, CAUSING IT TO KNOCK HIS LEG AGAINST A TIMBER. IT BROKE HIS LEG.
THE MAN WAS WEARING A TORN PAIR OF GLOVES WHEN A BURR GOT CAUGHT AND TWISTED HIS ARM TO SOME DEGREE IT BRUISED THE MUSCLES IN THE WRIST AREA NO BROKEN BONES NO LOSS OF WORK TIME