Mining Incidents

No 4: 29 reportable incidents Coal

Double M Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Clyde A Mullins
Roda, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4403265

MSHA record for No 4 (mine ID 4403265). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
29
Years on record
1983–1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
Ownership history
  1. Double M Coal Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 4 sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% of county employment.

Local economic context
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.
Wise County, Virginia · Population 35,727
5.9%
Mining share of county employment
$50,740
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

29 on file

1990 · 3 incidents

September 20, 1990 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Double M Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

I.NAME WAS PULLING HIGH LINE DISCONNECT FUSE WITH A HOT STICK. HE PULLED HIS NECK AND SHOULDER.

March 5, 1990 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Double M Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS WELDING CUTTING & GRINDING HE GOT SOMETHING IN EYE.

1989 · 4 incidents

September 12, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Double M Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HE HAD BENT OVER TO PICK UP A ROOF BOLT AND A PIECE OF COAL FELL FROM THE TOP HITTING HIM.

June 15, 1989 VA · Coal scoop car operator MACHINERY
Double M Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HELPING WORK ON THE MINER AND A ROCK HIT HIS LEFT FOOT.

March 1, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Double M Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PIECE OF STEEL FLEW OFF MACHINE & STRUCK HIM.

1988 · 6 incidents

November 28, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Double M Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS BOLTING AND GOT A PIECE OF ROCK IN HIS EYE.

October 14, 1988 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double M Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPL WASS PULLING MINER CABLE & HURT HIS BACK.

April 11, 1988 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Double M Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

I.NAME WELDED ALL DAY OFF & ON RESULTING IN FLASH BURN.PERCOCET FOR PAIN.

April 9, 1988 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Double M Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL WAS WELDING ON FEEDER & A PIECE OF HOT SLAG ARCED OFF HITTING HIS COVERALLS CATCHING THEM ON FIRE.

February 23, 1988 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double M Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS PUTTING BRAKE CHAMBER ON TRUCK & BOTTOM FLEW OFF & HIT HIM ON LEFT LEG.

1987 · 4 incidents

August 28, 1987 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Double M Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED WAS3GETTING IN THE SHUTTLE CAR WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF NEXT TO THE RIB HITTING HIM ON THE FOOT.

February 23, 1987 VA · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double M Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I NAME WAS LIFT3NG A BUGGY TIRE ONTO A FLAT CAR THUSTING HIS BACK.

1986 · 3 incidents

September 8, 1986 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Double M Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

I NAME WAS GETT3NG READY TO CROSS THE IDLE BELT WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL HITTING HIS CHEST ON A ROLLER HE HAD A ROLL OIOF TAPE IN H IS SHIRT POCKET

August 15, 1986 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double M Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME WAS HELP3NG I.NAME LOAD STEEL. INCAPICITY STARTED 2-24-87.

1985 · 2 incidents

November 25, 1985 VA · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double M Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS MOVI3G SUPPLIES FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, HE WAS PICKING UP A T IRE TO PUT IN THE SCOOP, THE TIRE SLID OVER CATCHING HIS LEG AGAINST THE SCOOP BUCKET

January 15, 1985 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Double M Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE SCISSORS JACK HAD A CUTTER HEAD JACK ATTACHED TO IT WHEN I.NAME PUT THE JACK DOWN IT CAUGHT HIS FINGER

1984 · 6 incidents

August 27, 1984 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Double M Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS TAKING HIS STEEL OUT AFTER DRILLING THE HOLE THE HEAD RAISED SMASHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE DRILL HEAD & STEEL

August 8, 1984 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Double M Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS GOING UP A STEEP HILL THE FRONT END OF THE CAR SLIDE SIDEWAYS CATCHING I.NAMES ARM BETWEEN THE DECK AND THE RIB

July 30, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double M Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

I NAME CARTER WAS HELPING UNLOAD TIMBERS FROM THE SCOOP I NAME DROPPED HIS END OF TIMBERS.

May 22, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Double M Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS BOLTING THE TOP AND GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN THE CANOPY.

May 14, 1984 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Double M Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

I.NAME WAS TIGHTENING THE TAIL PIECE AND THE BAR FLEW OUT OF THE JACK HITTING HIM ON THE HEAD. HE SUFFERED LACERATION TO THE LEFT TEMPLE & A BRAIN CONCUSSION

February 2, 1984 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Double M Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME WAS DRIVING THE LOADED CAR UP THE RUN WAY, HE HIT A HOLE AND BOUNCED OUT OF THE SEAT WHEN HE CAME BACK DOWN, HE HIT THE EDGE OF THE SEAT

1983 · 1 incident

January 17, 1983 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Double M Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MR KEITH WAS STRAIGHTENING A BOLT AND THE HEAD OF THE BOLT MACHINE CAUGHT HIM ON THE RT HAND RT HAND HAS CONTUSIONS & ABRASION MID FINGER LACERATION & CONTUSION RING FINGER S EVERE CONTUSED LACERATION WITH SEVERANCE OF DIGITIAL NERVE ON RT SIDE