East Star Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING GET A ROCK FROM UNDER A TAILPIECE,HE MUST HAVE TWISTED HIS BACK FROM THE WRONG WAY WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE ROCK.
No 1: 2 reportable incidents Coal
East Star Mining Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Clinton L Ramey
Rowe,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406481
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4406481). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1989
- Latest incident
- Mar 1989
Ownership history
- East Star Mining Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 1 sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Buchanan County, Virginia · Population 19,857
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,216
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1989 · 2 incidents
East Star Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
MINER HELPER HAD RELEIVED SCOOP OPERATOR OUT FOR DINNER THE SCOOP OPERATOR HAD FNISHED EATING AND RETURNED FOR HIS SCOOP WHEN MINER HELPER REUTRNED HIS SCOOP AGAINST THE OPERATOR ENTERED INTER SECTION STRIKING MINER HELPER WITH BUCKET OF SCOOP AGAINST THE DECK OF OTHER SCOOP THUS CONTRIBUTING INJURY TO MINER HELPER S ADBONDEN AND PELVIS ON HIS LEFT SIDE.