WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN ROCK FELL EMPLOYEE WENT UNDER METAL COMPANY O EQUIPMENT WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
No 1 Mine: 14 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4406425). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 14
- Years on record
- 1988–1991
- Latest incident
- May 1991
- A M A Coal Company Inc 1987 to 1988
- Tara Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
No 1 Mine sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% 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
14 on file1991 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS IN GENERAL AREA WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WELDING MACHINE & SUSTAINED BURNS TO BOTH EYES I NAME WAS NOT WEARING PROTECTED COVER FOR EYES
1990 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING 4" SUCTION LINE ON PUMP WHEN EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
1989 · 7 incidents
ROOF FALL INTERSECTION
ROOF FALL APPROX. 18X25X3-5 FT. NO ONE WAS UNDERGROUND AT THE TIME THIS FALL OCCUR ON A PANEL AND FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. ALL ENTRIES HAVE BEEN TIMBERED OFF.
BUILDING BRATTICE ROCK FELL ON BACK
WALKING TO TURN ON OR KNOCK POWER OFF AT POWER UNIT.STEP IN HOLE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.
WATER LINE BURST IN DECK OF MINER EMPL LUNGED FROM DECK HITTING LOWER PART OF BACK ON DECK
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING PAST FEEDER AT QUITTING TIME AND LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL ON HIS LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SUPPLIES FROM A 488 SCOOP ONTO PINNER. HE ALLEDGELY PULLED AND OR STRAINED BACK.
1988 · 4 incidents
INJURED WAS LIFTING TWO GALLON BUCKETS OF OIL, AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
REMOVING REAR END FROM SCOOP, WHEN PULLED REAR END OUT CAUGHT RING FINGER OF RIGHT HAND BETWEEN REAR END AND SCOOP FRAME.
TURNING & TWISTING TO SEE BEHIND HIM WHILE LOADING S.CAR
ROCK FELL OFF H3GHWALL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT