ROCK FELLOW EE INBY ATRS KILLING HIM INSTANTLY WHILE ON RIGHT SIDE OF THE DUAL HEAD FLETCHER ROOF DRILL INBY SUPPORTED ROOF. #3 ENTRY RIGHT CROSSCUT AT SS#278.
No 10: 1 recorded fatality Coal
MSHA record for No 10 (mine ID 4406727). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 19
- Years on record
- 1993–1997
- Latest incident
- Jan 1997
- Calico Coal Inc 1992 to present
- Just-Us Coal Corp 1995 to 1995
- Raven Coal Company Inc 1995 to 1995
- Kade Coal Company Inc 1995 to 1997
- K & N Coal Company Inc 1997 to 1997
No 10 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.Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
18 on file (excluding fatalities above)1997 · 1 incident
PULLING ROCK WITH SLATE BAR LOST HIS BALANCE GRABING TO MACHINE CUT HIS HAND
1996 · 9 incidents
FALLON #2 BELT 1 BREAK ABOVE SURVEY STATION NO274
SLIP FELL OFF HIGHWALL CRUSHING APPROX ON NO.1 ENTRY ON SURFACE.
EE WAS LIFTING CURTAIN WITH MUD AND WATER SOONED AND STRAINED HIS GROIND AREA.
HELPING LIFT BATTERY CHARGER OFF OF TRUCK DROPPED IT ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT.
SLATE BAR SLIPED WHILE PULLING ROCK AND HIT SHOULDER BRUISING IT.
KNOCKING OUT SSTOPPING CINDER BLOCK FELL ON LEFT PINKY FINGER.
MAN WAS SERVICON MINER AND A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK MEASURING 2 FT BY 2 FT BY 4 IN STRUCK HIM IN BACK AREA.
FALL ON MINE. SLIP WAS NOT DETECTED.
FELL OFF END LOADER INJURING RIGHT WRIST AND RIGHT FOOT.
1995 · 1 incident
FALL OCCURRED WHILE MINE WAS IDLE. FOUND ON SAT.
1994 · 3 incidents
THE MAN WAS MOVING MINER CABLE WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL, HITTING THE MAN ON HIS BACK.
SMALL FAULT AREA IN INTERSECTION THAT WAS BOLTED WITH 4' AND 5' RESIN RODS.
THE AREA THAT FELL HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 4' RESIN BOLTS AND CRIBBED WATER CAUSED THE TOP TO DETERATE.
1993 · 4 incidents
THE AREA THAT FELL WAS AN AREA THAT WAS A FAULT. IT HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 5 FT RESIN BOLTS AND CRIBS HAD BEEN SET PRIOR TO THE FALL.
A SLICK SIDED SLIP HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 5FT. BOLTS AND METAL STRAPS. THE SLIP BROKE LOOSE PULLING THE TOP LOOSE FROM 6.5 - 7.0 FT.
A SMALL FAULT AREA WITH WATER ROOF FALL 1 BREAK OUTBY SPAD 27.
A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL LANDING ON MAN'S FOOT.