TEARING DOWN SHOP BUILDING AND FELL. CRACKED BONE IN RIGHT WRIST.
No 4: 20 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 4 (mine ID 4406674). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 20
- Years on record
- 1992–1996
- Latest incident
- Oct 1996
- Wellmore Coal Corp 1991 to 1991
- Bristol Coal Corp 1991 to present
No 4 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
20 on file1996 · 3 incidents
HE STRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK WHILE THROWING TIMBERS.
THE INJURY OCCURRED WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS AND A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL. THE VICTIM JUMPED TO MISS IT AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
1995 · 2 incidents
INJURY HAPPENED WHEN EE WAS TRAVELING UNDER AN OVERCAST WHEN HE HIT HEAD ON OVERCAST.
THE INJURY OCCURRED WHEN THE MINER OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A BIT FROM A BIT HOLDER ON A CONTINUOUS MINER. WHILE STRIKING THE BACK OF HOLDER A FRAGMENT OF METAL DISLODGED AND STRUCK H IM IN HIS LEFT EYE.
1994 · 5 incidents
STRAINED BACK WHILE MOVING MINER CABLE.
EE WAS TRAMING A SCOOP BETWEEN #3 AND 4 CROSSCUT. IT IS LOW TOP. HE TURNED HEAD TO CHECK BUGGY CABLE. HIT HIS HEAD ON THE ROOF.
KENNY PRATER PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER WHILE REMOVING BOLTS FROM A SHUTTLE CAR.
INJURED HURT HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A WHEEL UNIT. THIS NJURY WAS REPORTED 7-22-94.
EE WAS HANGING A ROOF BOLTER CABLE ACROSS #2 HEADING & WAS STRUCK IN THE LOWER BACK BY STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR
1993 · 7 incidents
EE WAS LOADING A BOX OF RESIN ON A BOLT MACHINE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
EE SAT DOZER TWO BREAKS OUTBY THE FACE AREA TO EAT LUNCH AND A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK. HE WAS X RAYED AND HAD A CRACKED VERTIBRA.
EE TRIPPED ON MINER CABLE, AND HURT HIS KNEE.
DRAW SLATE FELL BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS, STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK.
MASON BARTON RECEIVED AN ELECTRICL SHOCK FROM LIGHTNING RUNNING BOLT ROPES
EE WAS STRIKING CAUTTER LINE ON ROOF & STRAINED HIS BACK
THIS ROOF FALL WAS ON A BLEEDER. NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONNEL INVOLVED.
1992 · 3 incidents
A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE FELL FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING MINER OPERATOR ON HAND, REQUIRING TWO STITCHES. NO LOST TIME WAS ENCOUNTERED.
LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
LIGHTING FROM AN ELECTRICAL STORM CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE MAIN CONVEYOR BELT WIRE ROPE & RAN THROUGH THE FEEDER TO THE CONVEYOR GROUND ROOF BOLT OPERATOR TOOK AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK AS A RESULT