INJURED ADDED O3 ANOTHER LENGTH OF STEEL TO DRILL HOLE DEEPER & HIS GLOVE PINCHED BETWEEN COUPLING & WHEN HE STARTED ROTATOR TO DRILL IT JERKED HAND & ARM AROUND STEEL & BROKE HIS ARM
No 2: 8 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 4401250). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 1984–1986
- Latest incident
- Sep 1986
- Bonnie Coal Company 1950 to 1975
- Westbury Coal Mining Partnership 1975 to 1977
- Richlands Coal Mining Partnership 1977 to 1977
- Middle Creek Coal Corp 1977 to 1978
- J S & K Coal Corp 1978 to 1978
- J S & K Coal Corp 1979 to 1981
- H J & R Corp 1981 to 1984
- J R & R Coal Company Inc 1984 to present
No 2 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
8 on file1986 · 1 incident
1985 · 6 incidents
THE CUTTER OPERATOR TOOK CUTTER INTO #5 PILLAR TO CUT WING AND ROOF STARTED TO WORK AND HE LOST IT. THE FOREMAN UNDER TOOK TO TRAM IT BACK OUT.THE ROOF FELL ON CUTTERT AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER & HAND BETWEEN CUTTER FRAME AND ROOF.
INJURED CALLED 5ND SAID HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON 6 5 85 WITH HIS KNEE AND SAID HE WOULD BE OFF ABOUT 10 DAYS WITH IT I QUESTIONED FOREMAN ABOUT IT AND HE SAID INJURED COMPLAINED ABOUT KNEE H HURTING AOUT 6 1M ON 6 4 85
INJ AND ANOTHER MAN DRILLING TEST HOLE AND INJ PUSHED STEEL UP INTO HOLE TO ADD ON ANOTHER PIECE OF STEEL 24\\ LONG AND HURT BACK.
INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE DRILLING COAL HOLES IN FACE WITH HYDRULIC DRILL (HAND HELD) ITS UNCLEAR WITCH ONE TURNED HANDLE LOOSE BEFORE DRILL HAD STOPPED TURNING AND THE HANDLE WHIPPED AROUND AND STRUCK INJURED.
MOVING ROOF BOLTER TO INSTALL LEFT BOLT IN FACE AND HE GOT TOO CLOSE TO RIB AND CAUGHT LEG AGAINST PANIC BAR AND RIB.
INJURED NOTICED THE BELT WAS RUBBING AGAINST A 1" WATER HOSE AND STARTED TO PULL IT AWAY AND A S SPLICE CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND JERKED HIS HAND BETWEEN BELT AND ROLLER
1984 · 1 incident
ROCK FELL PROBABLY DUE TO CLOSENESS OF THE OTHE SCAM OF THE COAL TO SEAM WE ARE MINING. ROCK BROKE LOOSE FROM MAIN TOP. NO INJURY DUE TO ROCK FALL.