EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING RIPPER JACK AND REMOVED LID FROM MINER TO CHANGE JACK. DROPPED THE LID ON HIS KNEE.
No 1: 15 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4406376). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 15
- Years on record
- 1987–1991
- Latest incident
- Mar 1991
- Earl Coal Company Inc 1987 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
15 on file1991 · 2 incidents
ROOF FALL SANDSTONE SLUG FELL OUT BETWEEN TWO CRACKS IN TOP. NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES.
1990 · 2 incidents
ROOF FALL LOCC BETWEEN NO 3 AND 2 ENTRY 37' LONG 10' WIDE 10' THICK SANDSTONE FELL BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAIN SEAMS 1' TO 10' WIDE CAUGHT CONTINUOUS MINER. NO ONE HURT.
PULLING MINER CABLE KNEE FLEW OUT
1989 · 4 incidents
BUILDING BRATTICE WALKED UP BEHIND MINER MINER OPER DIDNT KNOW HE WS THERE SWUNG THE MINER AROUND AND BUMPED HIM ON R HIP BURISEDD HIS HIP.
TAKEN DOWN LINE BRATTICE IN NO 4 BELT ENTRY A JOY SHUTTLE CAR, LOADED WITH COAL TRAVELED 35 FT STRIKING VICTIM SERIOUS INJ
ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS, HIT HIS LEG. THE ROCK WAS ABOUT 3 FT., ABOUT 3 INCHES THICK.
LAMINATED SANDSTONE SHELL TOP ALONG WITH 8'' COAL RIDER SEAM AT 7'.PRESSURE FROM PILLAR ARCH CONTRIBUTED TO FALL.
1988 · 4 incidents
DIGGING AND SHOVELING DIRT IN A HOLE.
CHANGING HEAD ON DRILL MACHINE.
HE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER & GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN THE DRILL TWIST & BROKE LITTLE FINGER & WRIST
HE WAS GOING UP THE STEPS ACROSS THE BELT AND FELL
1987 · 3 incidents
HE WAS BUILDING3A FENCE TO GUARD THE BELT DRIVE AND WAS LIFTING A ROLL OF FENCING AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SP5ICING A CABLE USING A KNIFE AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND HIT HIM ON THE HAND.
THEY WERE MAKIN1 A BELT MOVE AND HE WAS LIFING ON THE BELT AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.