LIFTING TIMBER PULLED SOMETHING.
No 1 Mine: 30 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4406097). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 30
- Years on record
- 1984–1996
- Latest incident
- Jan 1996
- Lowe Mining Inc 1984 to present
No 1 Mine 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
30 on file1996 · 1 incident
1995 · 3 incidents
WAS LIFTING A ROCK FROM #2 DUMPING POSNT WHEN SHARP PAIN WAS FELT IN STOMACH
BURNED ARM ON HOT BIT LUG.
ROCKFALL IN BLEEDER FALL 6 BREAKER FROM FACE OF 001 002 PILLER SEC.
1994 · 4 incidents
ROCK FALL IN BLEEDER, INTAKE SIDE FALL WAS 20'X 20' X 38".
ROCK FALL STATION 614 NEAR INTAKE OVERCART FALL 18'X30'X5
HURT LOWER BACK MAKING BELT SPLICE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED 06-13-94
ROCK FALL IN MAIN RETURN ON SURFACE FALL WAS DUETO RAIN.
1993 · 4 incidents
LESS THEN 100FT COVER WITH CHANGE IN ROCK STRATA
ON 4-21-93 HE REPORTED TO MINE FOREMAN, HE HAD HURT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER ON 4-20-93 AT 11 A.M. WAS BENDING A ROOF BOLT. PUT BOLT UNDER ROOFBOLTER AND WAS PULLING UP ON BOLT. SHOULDER HAD BURNING FEELING.
ROCK FALL 10FT OUTBY FACE IN INTERSECTION #5 HEADING FALL WAS 20FTX20X4FT
BENDING ROOF BOLT AND FELT SOMETHING GIVE.
1992 · 6 incidents
ROOF FALL 20'X25'X4'.FALL WAS IN INTERSECTION #6 ENTRY OF #1 RIGHT SECTION.FALL WAS 7 BREAKS FROM WORKING FACE OF ACTIVE SECTION 4'H 206 25W.
EE MASHED FINGER IN LEFT HAND WHILE OPERATING ROOF BOLTER.
37 BREAKS FROM SURFACE IN RETURN THE FALL WAS ABOUT 40X18X3 BOLT LENGTH WAS 48 INCH FALL OCCURED IN OLDER SECTION OF MINES WE ARE NOW ABANDONING THIS AREA AS OF 5-1-92.
HELPING 4 OTHER MEN LIFT & MOVE A PIECE OF METAL HE REPORTED IT TO MANAGEMENT ON 04-07-92
EE SAID HE WAS SETTING TIMBER PUT HIS LEFT FOOT DOWN ON A ROCK AND SLIPPED.
FELL ON METAL.
1991 · 3 incidents
FALL WAS 10 BREAKS FROM SURFACE.THIS AREA WAS MINED IN 1986.FALL WAS 18' LONG 18' WIDE 3' THICK TOP WAS BOLTED WITH 60' BOLTS.
A SMALL SECTION OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON RIGHT LEG BELOW KNEE.
EMPLOYEE CLIAMS TO BE INJURED BY A FALL IN THE TAILPIECE BUT REFUSED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR WHEN OFFERED BY OWNER AT THE TIME OF THE ALLEGED FALL WAS REPORTED 2 HRS LATER.
1990 · 3 incidents
WORKING AT DRIVE ROCK CAME OFF BELT HIT L HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR HE LOOKED AROUND TURNING NECT TO FAR, STRAINING NECK. NO LOST TIME. ONE VISIT TO CHIRO. IS REASON FOR REPORTING
REPEATED ATTEMPS TO RESET BREAKER ON FEEDER CABLE HAD BEEN PULLED PARTIALLY FROM CAT HEAD RESULTING IN AN ELECTRICAL FLASH CAUSING FLASH BURN TO LEFT EYE.
1988 · 2 incidents
I.NAME WAS MOVING ROOF BOLTER FROM ONE HEADING TO ANOTHER WHEN HE RAN UP ON A ROCK HE DID NOT SEE CAUGHT ARM INBETWEEN ROOF BOLTER AND ROOF O FMINE.
LIFTING BELT TO INSTALL ROLLERS.
1987 · 1 incident
MINE FOREMAN FO6ND FALL DURING PRESHIFT AREA 20X20X2 MAIN ENTRY 60 FT INBY SPADE 39
1986 · 1 incident
LIFTING METAL S7EPS
1985 · 1 incident
FAULT AREA WITH MUD AND COAL SEAM WITH WATER AT 51".
1984 · 1 incident
ROOF FALL IN LEFT PICKUP 48" HIGH 16\ WIDE OUTCROP AREA MUD SEAMS