I NAME WAS PULLING A PIECE OF LOOSE ROOF AND IT SLABBED BACK AND STRUCK HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS FOOT.
No 13 Mine: 17 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 13 Mine (mine ID 4403659). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 17
- Years on record
- 1984–1989
- Latest incident
- Jun 1989
- Mc Glothlin Coal Company 1974 to present
No 13 Mine sits in Tazewell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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
17 on file1989 · 2 incidents
THE INJURED ALLEGES HE WAS LIFTING MOTOR OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE INJURED HIS BACK.
1988 · 6 incidents
USING STEEL ROPE TO PULL BELT TOGETHER ROPE SLIPPED AND STRUCK LEFT ARM BETWEEN WRIST AND ELBOW.
ROOF FALL 1 BREAK OUTBY SPAD #787 FALL APPROXIMATELY 18' WIDE AND 6' HIGH.
A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM RIB AND SLID INTO OPERATORS DECK ON THE OPERATOR
ROOF FALL IN #5 HEADING 20 FT WIDE BY 30 FT LONG AND 6 FT HIGH THE FALL IS LOCATED IN #5 HEADING 5 BREAKS INBY #3 BELT DRIVE
WHILE CLEANING ROADWAYS VIBRATION ON RIBS AND ROOF CAUSED ROOF TO FALL.NO INJURY.
UNHOOKING STRAPS AND THE STRAP SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.
1987 · 2 incidents
INJURED WAS TRA1PED BETWEEN SCOOP AND RIB AND BROKE HIS PELVIS.
PIECE OF ROCK F9LL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE FEET.
1986 · 3 incidents
INJURED WAS SHO5ELING AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
INJURED PICKED 6P A BAG OF CEMENT AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS PUL5ING CABLE OFF ROOF BOLTER AND SPRAINED HIS BACK.
1984 · 4 incidents
THE ROOF CONDITION IN T HE FALL AREA IS FAULTY.
WHILE TRAVELING IN MINE TO BEGIN WORK DAY IT WAS NECESSARY TO TRAVEL UNDER MINER CABLE- IT BEING FASTENED TO ROOF THE INJURED STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CABLE CAUSING INJURY TO THE NECK.
STRUCK END OF MINER BOOK CAUSING SUDDEN STOP & CAUSING PERSON TO BUMP HIS MOUTH AGAINST SCOOP DECK.
ROOF FALL ON INTAKE AIR-AREA HAD BEEN DANGERED OFF FOR APPROX 1 MONTH BEFORE THE FALL THERE HAS BEEN NO PERSONNEL TRAVELING NEAR THE FALL DURING THIS TIME