Vesta Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING BESIDE JACK,WHEN MINER PULLED ON JACK WITH ROPE,JACK KICKED OUT AND HIT EMPLOYYEE ON KNEE AND CRACKED KNEE CAP.
No 1 Coal
Vesta Mining Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Mullins Greg
Hurley,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406022
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4406022). 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
- 1983–1985
- Latest incident
- Nov 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file1985 · 7 incidents
July 31, 1985
VA · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Vesta Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object
LOOSE DOWN ROCK 1 1/2" THICK.
Vesta Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE KNOCKED TIMBER OUT AND ROCKFELL ON HEAD AND BACK
April 26, 1985
VA · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
POWERED HAULAGE
Vesta Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
WHILE WORKING ON BELT CAUGHT BY BELT AND ROLLED.
Vesta Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE SITTING JACKS SMASH A FINGER ON LEFT HAND CHIP A BONE OR THE TIP END.
Vesta Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object
ROCK FELL IN FACE WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING MATERIAL OUT FROM UNDER MINER.
January 9, 1985
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vesta Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE LIFTING INJURED BACK.
1984 · 2 incidents
December 13, 1984
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Vesta Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object
WAS SETTING JACKS FOR CONT MINER ON LEFT SIDE AFTER SETING JACK I STARTED TO SHOVEL COAL THEN THE ROCK FELL ON BACK
Vesta Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS SETTING TIMBER ON OPERATOR SIDE OF WILCOX MNER, JACK WHICH PULLS MINER POPPED OUT AND HIT THE LEFT HAND OF THE EMPLOYEE.
1983 · 1 incident
Vesta Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON MINING CABLE, KNEELING, AND HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE AND FELT IT POP.
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