Mining Incidents

No 1 Coal

Controlled by Gary A Horn
Stacy, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406533

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4406533). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
43
Years on record
1989–1995
Latest incident
Oct 1995
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

43 on file

1995 · 6 incidents

October 19, 1995 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Buchanan Production Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS OPERATING SCOOP PULLING BELT BACK WHEN HEGOT THE SCOOP INTO BELT LINE TIMBER ROW & KNOCKED 2 TIMBERS TURNING DRAW ROCK LOOSE.

September 7, 1995 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Buchanan Production Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A PIECE OF ROCK FROM 3 TAIL PIECE WHEN ANOTHER PIECE OF ROCK COME OFF #4 HEAD ROLLER HITTING HIS RIGHT HAND.

August 29, 1995 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Buchanan Production Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER DRAW ROCK IN ROAD WAY HITTING LEFT ARM AGAINST TOP

August 14, 1995 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Buchanan Production Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK WHEN ANOTHER PIECE FELL HITTING HIM ON RIGHT SHOULDER.

June 28, 1995 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Buchanan Production Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKER WAS TRAINING BELT WHEN LEFT LEG CAME IN CONTACT WITH BELT AND PRESSED LEG AGAINST TIMBER.

1994 · 3 incidents

August 26, 1994 VA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Buchanan Production Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS MOVING A SCOOP AROUND, STOPPED IN #6 INTERSECTION, A PIECE OF ROCK FALL HITTING HIM IN DECK OF SCOOP.

July 19, 1994 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Buchanan Production Company · Struck by falling object

EE SAID HE WAS TAKING OUT BELT TIMBERS TO GET READY TO MOVE BELT BACK. AS HE KNOCKED A TIMBER OUT, A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM DOWN LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY.

January 20, 1994 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Buchanan Production Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS TRAMMING BACKWARD OUT OF #2 HEADING HE WAS SITTING IN TRAM DECK & TURNED TO SEE BEHIND THE PINNER CAUGHT HIS HEAD AGAINST TOP & BACK POLE ON DECK

1993 · 4 incidents

September 1, 1993 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buchanan Production Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS LIFTING PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE AND WHEN HE GOT OUTSIDE, HE WAS HAVING PAIN IN THE BACK.

May 26, 1993 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buchanan Production Company · Struck by falling object

EMLOYEE DROPPED 1/2" CHAIN HOOK AND CHAIN ON FINGER. FINGER WAS LAYING ON BELT STRUCTURE.

April 23, 1993 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buchanan Production Company · Struck by falling object

MECHANIC WAS FASTENING MOTOR TO FRAME OF EQUIPMENT WHEN MOTOR DROPPED IT CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOOT AS IT FELL.

1992 · 6 incidents

August 11, 1992 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buchanan Production Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

41506AS BOLTING TOP. SAID HE WAS BENDING BOLT AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

February 26, 1992 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Buchanan Production Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMPL ON OFFSIDE OF MINER BITTING UP MINER.SCOOP OPERATOR BACKED DOWN #4 ENTRY WHERE MINER WAS SETTING UNAWARE THAT EMPL WAS ON THAT SIDE OF MINING.SCOOP CAUGHT HIM BETWEEN MINER HEAD AND BATTE RY END OF SCOOP.

1991 · 7 incidents

August 2, 1991 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buchanan Production Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROOF BOLT OPERATOR WAS STRAIGHTENING BOLT OUT WHEN BOLT TRUNED AROUND CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO OVER STRETCH.

March 20, 1991 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Dixie Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HEAD IN TOP WHILE RIDING IN ON4 X 4 PERSONNEL CARRIER.

March 7, 1991 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dixie Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING BELT. HIT ROLLER WITH SHOVEL AND BOUNCED BACK AND BRUISED HAND.

March 2, 1991 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dixie Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS POSITIONING ROOF BOLT MACHINE AND IT TURNED AROUND FASTER THAN HE EXPECTED CATCHING HIS BACK ON THE FRAME WENT TO ER DR SENT HOME WENT TO FAMILY DR SENT HOME HAS APPT WITH SPECIAL Y

January 26, 1991 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Dixie Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE HAD POSITIONED HIMSELF BETWEEN 2 PIECES OF LONG JOHN STRUCTURE SCOOP OPERA TOR T WISTED SCOOP INTO STRUCTURE CATCHING INJURED PERSON LEG BETWEEN THE 21 RESULTING IN BREAK OF THE LEG & ANKLE

1990 · 16 incidents

December 3, 1990 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Dixie Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER OPERATOR STARTED RIPPERS & MINER BOOM SWUNG INTO EMPL.

November 27, 1990 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dixie Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS BENDING BOLTS & PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK.

November 8, 1990 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Dixie Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

OPER OF BRIDGE RAN OVER ROCK RESULTING IN BRIDGE DECK RAISING UP AND OPERATOR GETTING FOULED IN THE TOP.

November 2, 1990 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dixie Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS BACKING BRIDGE UP & UPON PULLING UP ON ROCK ON BOTTOM WAS SHOVED UP INTO TOP.

October 29, 1990 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Dixie Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

SCOOP OPERATOR TRAMMED SCOOP UPON KETTLE BOTTOM INFLICTING INJURY TO RIBS.

September 11, 1990 VA · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dixie Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO LIFT EIMCO PINNER UP OFF OF CABLE BY PRYING OR PULLING UP WITH SLATE BAR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

August 13, 1990 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dixie Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AFTER INVESTIGATION A STREAK OF COAL WAS FOUND 3 1/2 FOOT TO 4 FT HIGH CAUSING A SEPARATION OF THE ROCK IN THE STRATA AND RESULTING IN A FALL OF THE ROOF.

July 10, 1990 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dixie Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

CRAWLING TO INER WHEN VICTIM ALLEGES THAT A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL AND HURT NECK. MAN WOULD NOT RESPOND TO FOREMAN'S QUESTIONS. FOREMAN STATES 1/2" X 12" ROCK COULD NOT HAVE HURT MAN.

June 26, 1990 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dixie Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MAN SAID HE WAS SHOVELING BELT & PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL & HIT ON LEFT SIDE OF FACE. EMPL HAD JUST ENTERED BELT LINE WHEN ACCIDENT HAPPENED.

June 25, 1990 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Dixie Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN KETTLE BOTTOM FELL, STRIKING INJURED ON HEAD SLIDING OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE, RESULTING IN BACK INJURY.

May 28, 1990 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Dixie Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL PUSHED SHOVEL TO DEEP INTO BELT & SHOVEL WAS CAUGHT & JERKED OUT OF HANDS BRUSING SHOULDER.

May 23, 1990 VA · Coal ELECTRICAL
Dixie Mining Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

STARTING TO PULL CATHEAD OUT OF POWER CENTER WHEN THE CATHEAD BLOWN UP BURNING EMP L HAND BURN ON EYES ARC

May 13, 1990 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Dixie Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWO EMPLOYEES WAS USING A HAND DRILL TO ANCHOR TRAIL PIECE DOWN ONE OF THE HANDLE ON HAND DRILL BROKE OFFF & THE DRILL TWISTED AROUND & HITTING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT ARM (BROKE ARM)

January 18, 1990 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Dixie Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BRIDGE ON BRIDGE SYSTEM. TRAMMED UNDER PINNER CABLE THAT WAS HUNG UP TO MINE ROOF PINNER PULLED CABLE DOWN ON BRIDGE OPERATOR, HITTING HIM IN RIGHT SIDE CHEST. BRUISED R IBS.

1989 · 1 incident

October 17, 1989 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL AND OTHER EMPL PICKED UP PIECE OF METAL AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

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