THE SECTION FOREMAN WAS PULLING CABLE AWAY FROM MINER AS THE MINER WAS BEING MOVED TO 5 PILLAR. THE CABLE BECAME TWISTED AROUND MINER OPERATORS RIGHT ANKLE AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
Mine No 1: 10 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 4406770). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 1994–1996
- Latest incident
- Aug 1996
- Dorchester Enterprises Inc 1994 to present
Mine No 1 sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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
10 on file1996 · 3 incidents
THIS ROCK FALL WAS FOUND BY KEN MULLINS AT APPROX. 400 AM ON 5-7-96 LOCATION OF THE FALL IS IN THE CROSS CUT BETWEEN THE NO.3 AND NO.4 ENTRY SPAD MOS. 983 AND 876. SIZE OF FALL IS 16' WIDE 28' LONG 0-5 THICK AREA IS BOLTED WITH 3' CONVENTIONAL BOLTS WITH 4' POINT ANCHOR BOLTS INSTALLED IN THE INTERSECTIONS FALL WAS A SLIP THAT WAS UNDETECTED WHEN TEST DRILLED.
EMPLOYEE DROPPED A METAL LID ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER WHILE REPAIRING CONTINUOUS MINER.
1995 · 3 incidents
SLIPPED OFF BOTTOM STEP OF LATTER & TWISTED RIGHT KNEE GETTING OFF LOADER
HE WAS DRILLING WITH A HAND DRILL, INSTALLING REFLECTORS ON MAN TRIP.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING 5 GAL BUCKETS OF MINE SEALANT OUT OF SCOOP WHEN HE COMPLAINED OF RIGHT SIDE HURTING.
1994 · 4 incidents
EE'S LEFT FOOT WAS RUN OVER BY THE RT BACK TIRE ON THE S/R PINNER.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING UP ONE END OF THE MINING CABLE SO THE SCOOP COULD PASS UNDER, WHEN THE SCOOP CAUGHT THE CABLE KNOCKING EMPLOYEE ON THE BOTTOM CAUSING INJURY TO BACK.
STRUCK HEAD ON RIB BOLT WHILE WALKING TOWARD MINER CAUSING INJURY TO NECK.
DRILL STEEL DROP OUT OF HOLE STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON FINGER, AGAINST DRILL HEAD.