WAS TAKING A PIECE OF ROCK DOWN FELL ON FINGER.
No 2: 9 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 4406113). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1984–1985
- Latest incident
- May 1985
- Bear Branch Fuel Corp 1984 to present
No 2 sits in Russell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.5% 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
9 on file1985 · 6 incidents
THE ROOF FELL BETWEEN 2 CRIBS. MUD SEAMS AND CONVENTIONAL BOLTS WERE THE CAUSE OF THE FALL.
THE INJURED EE WAS STANDING TOO CLOSE TO A BELT JACK WHEN THE CABLE WE HAD HOOKED TOT H E BELT CAUSED THE BELT JACK TO SLIP OUT & LET THE BELT SWING OVER & HIT THE VICTIM. WHEN THE BELT H IT HIM IT KNOCKED HIM DOWN & HURT HIS KNEE.
MUD SEAMS AND MECHANICAL ROOF BOLTS CAUSEDROOF TO FALL.
THIS WAS A NOW CONTROLABLE ROOF FALL. THERE WAS A SLIP THAT RUN UP THE RIB SIDE THAT COULD NOT BE SEEN UNITL ROOF FALL OCCURRED.
EE STARTED TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT LOOSE ROCK FELL STRIKING THUMB.
1984 · 3 incidents
PIECE OF ROCKFALL OUT FROM BETWEEN BOLTS.
WHILE PULLING ON HYDRAULIC HOSE THROUGH BOOM OF COAL DRILL THE HOSE BROKE AND RELEASED THE PRESSURE ON THE JACK THAT HELD BOOM UP AND HIS LEG SLID UNDER THE BOOM AND WHEN THE PRESSURE WAS RELE ASED THE BOOM FELL ON HIS LEFT LEG ACROSS HIS KNEE.
EMPL TRYING TO LIFT BOOM ON COALDRILL WITH SLATE BAR WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.