AFTER ROCK DUSTING BELT ENTRY, VICTIM AND HELPER, EE WAS CLEANING OUT ROCK DUST MACHINE. WHEN VICTIM'S LEFT HAND CONTACTED AUGER, CAUSING LACERATION TO MIDDLE, RING, AND LITTLE FINGER.
No 2: 17 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 4406613). 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
- 1991–1998
- Latest incident
- Nov 1998
- East Star Mining Inc 1990 to 1998
- Laurel Creek Mining Corp 1998 to present
No 2 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.Reportable incidents
17 on file1998 · 2 incidents
AFTER REPAIRING BELT, WHILE TENSION ON ROPE HOIST WAS BEING RELEASED, THE HANDLE OF ROPE HOIST SLIPPED OUT OF CO WORKER OTHER EE S HAND STRIKING CITIM ON FOREARM AND CHEST.
1997 · 1 incident
HANDLE SLIPPED OFF GRIP HOIST, EMPLOYEE FELL INJURIGN LEFT THUMB.
1996 · 1 incident
EE GOT CAUGHT UNDER ATRS SYSTEM ON ROOF BOLTER MACHINE.
1995 · 1 incident
RIDING IN MANTRIP PASSING UNDER LOW TOP WHEN HIS MINING BELT GOT CAUGHT ON ROOF BOLT TURNING HIM OVER, BREAKING ONE RIB ON HIS LEFT SIDE.
1994 · 1 incident
REMOVING A PIECE OF ROCK OFF OF ROOF BOLTING MACHINE, HURTING HIS BACK.
1993 · 5 incidents
HAD A ROCK FALL ON #3 MAINS, ONE BREAK OUTBY SURVEY STATION #556. THE FALL IS APPROX. 60' LONG, 20' WIDE, 4' TO 5' THICK. THIS FALL IS APPROX 2500' OUTBY ACTIVE SECTION. THE FALL HAS BEEN CRIB BED OFF & DANGERED OFF ON ALL SIDES.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BOTTOM BELT ROLLER, STRAINING BACK.
AN ALLEDGED ACCIDENT INVOLVING A FIGHT BETWEEN 2 EMPLOYEES ON 6/3/93. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSED INCIEDENT WITH EMPLOYEES. THEY APOLOGIZED & SHOOK HANDS. 6/5/93 EMPLOYEED CALLED MGT AND STATED THAT HE WAS OBTAINING A LAWYER TO REPRESENT HIM OVERINCIDENT. STATED OTHER EMPLOYEE HURT HIM. WITNESS STATED THAT THEY DID NOT SEE WHAT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO MANAGEMENT ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ROOF BOLTS FROM BELTING MACHINE WHEN HE TURNED AROUND WITH BOLTS HE TWISTING HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF LINE CURTAIN, PULLING MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
1992 · 3 incidents
EMPL CUTTING & WELDING LAYING RIGHT HAND ON HOT PIECE OF METAL BURNING FINGERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKIGN AROUND A 3 WHEEL BUGGY, STRIKING HIS RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST BUGGY, THUS BRUISING ELBOW.
FOREMAN PICKED UP A CUTTER BOOM JACK STRAINING BACK,CAUSING INFLAMMATION TO FORM AROUND DISCS.
1991 · 3 incidents
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR GOT GLOVE HUNG UP IN DRILL STEEL TWISTED & BRUISED LEFT HAND.
FOREMAN WAS COUPLING HOSES UPON RAM CAR WHEN SCOOP OPERATOR MOVED TRACTOR CATCHING FOREMANS LEFT FOOT UNDER WHEEL OF TRACTOR.
ROOF FELL ABOVE ANCHORAGE POINT DUE TO LAMINATED SLATE AND SHELL MIXTURE.THIS AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 7/8",5' RESIN BOLTS.THIS AREA HAD BEEN MINED IN THE EARLY 60'S.THIS AREA HAD BEEN CLEANE D UP AND BOLTED PREVIOUS TO THIS FALL.DUE TO HEIGHT AND WIDTH AND OFTHIS FALL THIS FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP.THIS AREA HAS BEEN BREAKER TIMBERED AND DANGERED OFF.