AN EMPLOYEE WIT2OUT AUTHORIZATION ENTERED THE MINE WITH A SCOOP AND WHILE UNDERGROUND AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED ENTIRE MINE AFFECTED
No 1 Mine: 1 recorded fatality Coal
MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4405186). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 25
- Years on record
- 1987–1991
- Latest incident
- Oct 1991
- A & O Mining Inc 1979 to 1979
- Laurel Mountain Mining Company 1979 to 1980
- A & O Corp Of Virginia 1980 to 1984
- Westwood Coal Company 1984 to 1986
- Double R Coal Company Inc 1986 to present
No 1 Mine sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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.Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
24 on file (excluding fatalities above)1991 · 3 incidents
ROCK GOT FOULED IN TAILPC LIFTING ROCK OUT WHEN STRAINED MUSCLE IN SHOULDER
GOT BIG ROCK OFF TAILPIECE AND TRIED TO BUST IT UP WITH SLEDGE HAMMER PUT SOMETHING ON HIS BACK.
LIFTING WHEEL UNIT FOR SHUTTLE CAR
1990 · 7 incidents
LIFTING MINER CABLE
FIXING SCRAPER ON BELT MASHING FINGER
PUTTING SCRAPER ON BELT DRIVE WHEN HURTING BACK.
LIFTING OXYGEN TANK
HE CALLED MON 7/23 SAID HE HAD LIFTED GEAR BOX FOR MINER & PULLED SOMETHING IN BACK.
CROSSING UNDER BELT FOOT SLIP TWISTING KNEE.
BENT DOWN ON ONE KNEE TO GREASE BELT DRIVE BEARINGS HIT HIS KNEE ON ANCHOR PIN
1989 · 6 incidents
PULLED ROCK OFF BELT HIT ON RIGHT FOOT BROKE RIGHT FOOT.
LIFTING CRIB BLOCKS BLDG A CRIB FOR ROOF SUPPORT WHEN HURT HIS BACK.
PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK WHEN LIFTING 35 LB BUCKET OF GEAR OIL.
PLUGGING IN CATHEAD OF MINER IN POWER CENTER HAD LOOSE CONNECTION WHEN ENERGIZED CAUSED ARC BURNING RT FOREARM.
WERE IN PROCESS OF LOADING BARREL OF HEAD OF MINER AND STRAINED BACK LIFTING IT.
CHANGING DIRECION AFTER LOADING BUGGY DRIFTED AND FRAME OF BUGGY GOT ON HIS FOOT BRUING IT.
1988 · 6 incidents
ROOF FALL CAN BE CONTRIBUTED TO AREA OR SEAM DIRECTLY BELOW FALL HAS BEEN MINED COMPLETELY IN THIS AREA.
SCOOP OPERATOR I.NAME SAID BACKING TO BATTERY STAND HE GOT OFF SCOOP TRY TO PULL STAND BACK AROUND BY HAND PULL SOMETHING IN HIS BACK HE WENT ON RAN THE SCOOP REST OF SHIFT HE REPORT ED AT TH E END OF SHIFT 1100PM THAT HE HURT HIS BACK OR HAD PULLED SOMETHING IN BACK
THE INJURED MAN STATED THAT WHILE SHOVELING MUD ONTO THE #4 CONVEYOR BELT ON THE 001 SECTION, THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK WERE STRAINED.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMED BACK INJURIES NOT REPORTED TO ANY ONE AT TIME OF INJURY
DROPPED TIMBER ON FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING UNITRAC MACHINE CLEANING UP COAL MINE WHEN WHEEL FROM SCOOP FLIPPED COAL DUST IN HIS RT. EYE.
1987 · 2 incidents
SUPPOSEDLY STRA3NED HIS BACK GETTING ROCK OUT OF TAILPIECE
DROPPED OXYGEN 6OTTLE ON THUMB WHILE UNLOADING THEM