Comanche Coal Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MOVING CRIB BLOCKS OUT O F ROADWAY, SLIP AND FELL OVER HILL.
No 4 Mine Coal
Comanche Coal Corp
· Underground
Controlled by
Blankenship Ralph
Grundy,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405447
MSHA record for No 4 Mine (mine ID 4405447). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1984–1988
- Latest incident
- May 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file1988 · 1 incident
1986 · 3 incidents
December 10, 1986
VA · Coal
continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Comanche Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
ROCK BURST OUT 0ROM BOLT TO RIB. BOLT PATTERN OK FELL AND SCRABED LEFT SIDE OF PERSON AND BRUISE LEFT LEG.
September 10, 1986
VA · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
INJ WASLIFTING 6ELT ROLLER AND STRAINED HIS BACK
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
INJURED STRAINE8 HIS BACK LIFTING SAFETY JACK OFF PINNER.
1985 · 2 incidents
June 20, 1985
VA · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INJURED HAD FOOT SETTING AGAINST BRIDGE AND BRIDGE MOVED AND BROKE 2ND TORE ON LEFT FOOT.
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object
INJURED WAS SETTING A SAFETY JACK AND APIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS HAND.
1984 · 1 incident
October 30, 1984
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object
INJURED WAS BACKING BOLT MACHINE OUT OF FACE WHEN A STRIP OF DRAW ROCK 2" THICK X 8"WIDE X 3\ LONG ROLLED OFF RIB AND HIT HIM ON HIS RIGHT FOOT BRUISING IT
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