ROOF FALL IN #6 ENTRY AT SPAD #614. IT FELL OUT ABOUT 3' IN THICKNESS, ABOUT A BREAK OR 60' LONG, 5 BREAKS OUTBY FACE AREA. IT'S IN THE RETURN AND THE SECTION IS STARTING PULLING PILLARS. IT W ILL BE CLEANED UP. TIMBERED IT OFF ALL SIDES. IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE METHOD OF MINING.
No 1: 9 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4405541). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1988–1991
- Latest incident
- Jun 1991
- Little Egypt Coal Company Inc 1980 to 1988
- Shenandoah Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1988
- Shenandoah Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
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
9 on file1991 · 2 incidents
ROCK FALL IN #3 ENTRY IN THE NATURL ENTRY NOT INVOLVING NOTHING BREAK OUT BY FEEDER DUMPING OPINT IT FELL ON 3RD SHIFT CRIBBED IT OFF
1990 · 2 incidents
EMPL INJ BACK ON 4/14/89 WHEN ATTEMPTING TO LIFT PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE RESULTING IN LOST TIME INJ HE RETURNED TO WORK ON 1/8/90 & WORKED UNTIL 10/13/90. AGGRAVATION OF PREVIOUS INJ DUE TO WO RK ENVIRONMENT RESULTED IN RECURRENCE OF INJURY.
15' WIDE 20' LONG 5' HIGH SLIP.
1989 · 2 incidents
BENT OVER TO PICK UP ROOF BOLT.
WAS PULLING MINER CABLE FROM PILE TO CONNECT TO MINER WHEN A POP WAS HEARD IN MY LOWER BACK. I DON'T THINK IT WAS A MUSCLE.
1988 · 3 incidents
I.NAME WAS GETTING OFF SHUTTLE CAR & GOT H IS FOOT HUNG IN PEDAL & T WISTED HIS FOOT
HE WAS CUTTING A HYD HSE WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE CUT A PLACE ON HIS RIGHT THUMB.
EMPL WAS CHECKING OUT TRIP UNITS ON UNDERGROUND POWER BOX OUTSIDE BEFORE WE WERE TO TAKE IT UNDERGROUND. HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF WIRE ROPE & IT FLIPPED UP INTO CATHEAD & GROUNDED IT FROM PH ASE TO PHASE & BURNED HIS RIGHT HAND. HE CAME BACK & WORKED THREE SHIFTS AFTER HIS ACCIDENT.