HE RAISED THE T.BAR AGAINST THE TOP, HE FAILED TO POSITION CANOPY. HE WALKED UNDER UN-SUPPORTED ROOF, THE ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM
No 1: 1 recorded fatality Coal
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4401099). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 20
- Years on record
- 1983–1986
- Latest incident
- Aug 1986
- Mc Clure River Coal Company Inc 1950 to present
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.Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
19 on file (excluding fatalities above)1986 · 1 incident
ROOF FALL 1 X C6T OUT BY PILLAR LINE AT SPAD NO.5855 APROX. 75' LONG 5' HIGH THIS FALL OVER THE WEEK END ON ONE WAS INSIDE.
1985 · 2 incidents
ROOF FALL 3
WAS LOADING POT FOR MINER IN MANTRIP JEEP FOR MINER POT SLIP AND CUT FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND.
1984 · 14 incidents
LIFTING A BIG ROCK AND HURT BACK
PUSHING PIECE OF PIPE AND CUT HAND.
PCIKED UP A GREASE GUN AND PULLED BACK.
PINNING AND ROCK FELL ON RIGHT FOOT.
HE WAS HOLDING DRILL STILL WHILE DRILLING. A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK SLID DOWN THESTEEL STRIKING HIS HAND AND BREAKING IT.
EMPL PICKED UP MINER CABLE AND HURT BACK.
THROWING ROOF BOLTS AND JERKED BACK AND SHOULDER.
THROWING MINING CABLE AND PAIN STRUCK IN BACK AND HIPS.
STANDING NEAR MACHINE PARTICAL OF DUST FLEW INTO EYE
SHOVELING TAIL PIECE-PULLED SHOVEL OUT AND HIT FINGER ON CURTAIN BOARD.
SHOVELING BELT LINE TURNED RIGHT KNEE.
HE PICKED UP A TIRE TO CHANGE ON BUGGY AND COULDN\T STRAIGHTEN UP.
ROOF FALL FROM 0 3 84 TO 2 6 84 NO ONE AT THE TIME OF ROOF FALL
ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON FOOT, SMALL PIECE FELL IN BOLTED AREA OUT BY FACE, STRIKING HIM ON LEFT FOOT
1983 · 2 incidents
PICKED UP TIMBER 5\ LONG 8\\ DIA GOT CATCH IN BACK.
I AM ENCLOSING A DEATH CERTIFICATE, IT IS SELF-EXPLANITORY.