PIECE OF DRAWROCK FELL IN BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS, HIT EE ON BACK.
No 1: 17 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4406648). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 17
- Years on record
- 1992–1999
- Latest incident
- Feb 1999
- Leah Corp 1991 to 1992
- Raintree Coal Company 1992 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
17 on file1999 · 1 incident
1998 · 4 incidents
WHILE LOADING BELT STRUCTURE EE STRAINED BACK MUSCLE.
EE STANDING BESIDE OF SCOOP GOT FEET CAUGHT UNDER EDGE OF SCOOP FRAME BRUISED TOP OF BOTH FEET
EMPLOYEE STRAIN BACK MUSCLE WHILE PUTTING ROLLER IN BELT LINE.
SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL ON EE'S KNEE WHILE HANGING CURTAIN. BRUISED KNEE ON LEFT LEG.
1997 · 3 incidents
EXAMINING BELT LINE ON MOVING MANT RIP LOW COAL SEAM LAYING DOWN WITH HEEL OF LEFT LEG RESTING ON FRAME MANTRIP RAN OVER UNSEEN HOLE BOUNCING LEFT LEG DOWN FACING KNEE JOINT BACKWARD BEYOND LI MIT CAUSING TEAR OF THE CARTILEDGE HAD TO HAVE SURGERY ON 3-2-98.
WHILE WORKING ON BELTS EE HAD A GOLF CART TO ROLL BACKWARD. HE CAUGHT UP WITH IT AND FRONT WHEEL HIT HIM ON LEFT LEG, CAUSING IT TO BREAK.
WHILE CUTTING COAL IN #1 ENTRY THE MINER CUT INTO AN OLD MINE. WATER CAME IN AND HAD TO BE PUMPED OUT.
1996 · 1 incident
EE MOVING A PIECE OF ROCK. SAID HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
1995 · 2 incidents
INJURED GOING UNDER BRIDGE CARRIER HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER CRACK COLLAR BONE.
TWISTED ANKLE LEAVING WORK AREA.
1994 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHEN HE WENT TO SQUARE BELT WITH BELT KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING TRAM MOTOR IN SCOOP WHEN HE GOT HIS FINGERS CAUGHT BETWEEN MOTOR & FRAM E OF SCOOP RING FINGER & LITTLE FINGER WAS CUT LITTLE WAS BROKE
EMPLOYEE GOT OFF BUGGY TO START BELT DRIVE HE FELL & TWISTED KNEE (RIGHT)
1993 · 1 incident
DECK OF SCOOP THAT EE WAS RUNNING CAUGHT CORNER IN 4 ENTRY CAUSED COAL TO BE DISLODGED AND HITTING EE ON SHOULDER AND NECK CAUSING BRUISES.
1992 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WHILE DRILLING A HOLE FOR ROOFBOLT, PINNER STEEL BROKE AND CUT HIS FINGER.
WITNESS DESCRIBED INCIDENT AS REPLACEMENT OF CONVEYOR CHAIN LINK ON BELT DRIVE. EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING WITH HAMMER WHEN MATERIAL CAME UNDER GLASSES. EMPLOYEE KNOCKED GLASSES OFF WITH HAND WHEN T HIS HAPPENED.