Mining Incidents

No 1 Mine Coal

Elro Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Rose Avery
Applachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4403286

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4403286). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
May 1984
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1984 · 1 incident

May 31, 1984 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Elro Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR HE HIT A BUMP CAUGHT HIS HEAD BETWEEN TOP AND SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY POST. BRUISED LEFT SIDE OF HEAD OVER EAR, AND RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD BEHIND EAR. PULLED MUSCLES IN NECK.

1983 · 4 incidents

November 9, 1983 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Elro Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

JACK PUT HIS KNEE ON A LUMP OF COAL BRUISNG IT CAUSING BLOOD CLODS

August 1, 1983 VA · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Elro Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS PULLING TRI SCOOTER WITH SCOOP & SCOOP PULLED & THREW TRI SCOOTER INTO TOP WHERE INJURED HEAD WAS OVER TOP OF TRI SCOOTER WHICH PINNED INJURED HEAD INTO TOP

June 10, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Elro Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

DANNY WAS SETTING TEMPARY ROOF SUPPORT AND HAD ALL BUT 2 SET AND WAS REACHING FOR ANOTHER AND ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT HIM IN THE LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG

May 10, 1983 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Elro Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

DAVID WAS RUNNING SHUTTLECAR AND HIT BUMP IN HAULAGEWAY

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