BOLTING TOP ROCK FELL & CUT LEFT ANKLE
No 4 Mine: 14 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 4 Mine (mine ID 4406297). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 14
- Years on record
- 1986–1988
- Latest incident
- Sep 1988
- Little David Coal Company Inc 1986 to present
No 4 Mine sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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
14 on file1988 · 1 incident
1987 · 4 incidents
WHILE REPAIRING3RIPPER CHAIN ON MINER PIECE OF HAMMER BROKE OFF HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT EYE.
ROCK FELL BETWE9N FACE & ROW OF BOLTS WHILE PINNER MAN WAS MARKING OFF NEXT BOLT. HIT HIM ON BACK & SHOULDER.
WHILE MOVING RO7K OFF 506 BRIDGE CARRIER OPERATOR DID NOT TWIN OFF BRIDGE CONVEYOR CONVEYOR CAUGTHT ROCK CUT OFF OPERATOR RT INDEX FINGER FIRST JOINT
PINNER STEEL SL3PPED OUT OF PINNER -MANS HAND HIT HIM IN BACK.
1986 · 9 incidents
ROCK FALL ON BE5T ENTRY 1, INTERSECTION OUTBY FACE AREA. ACTIVE FACE
SMALL ROCK CAUG2T TRAM LEVER ON BOLTER MACHINE CAUSING MACHINE TO H IT PINNER MAN
WHILE PUT OIL I3 SCOOP OIL DRUM SLIPPED OUT OF HAND HIT EE ON FOOT.
HURT BACK WHILE3HELPING LOAD CONVEYOR BELT.
ROCK FELL OUT B9TWEEN BOLTS HIT BOLTER MAN IN BACK STRAINED CHEST MUSCLE.
SMALL ROCK HIT 9MPLOYEE ON HAND
WHILE BELTEN A 9OLL OF BELT CAUGHT RIGHTY HAND BETGWEEN BELT & FLAG STAND
BACK STRAIN WHI5E PULLING BELT TOGETHER
A ROCK FELL BET4EEN SADETY JACK HIT I NAME ON RT HAND WHILE HE WAS MOVING SAFETY JACKS AFTER BOLTS HAD BEEN INSTALLED