Mining Incidents

No 4 Mine Coal

Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Johnson Ersel
Big Rock, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406339

MSHA record for No 4 Mine (mine ID 4406339). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
May 1987
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1987 · 3 incidents

May 5, 1987 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROCK FALL IN BA7K OFF #4 HEADING ROCK WAS 20' BY 30' 4 1/2' THICK ALL SO HAD ROCK FELL IN MINES NO. 1 HIGHING FELL ABOUT 18' WIDE 60' LONG ROCK FELL OVER NIGHR FOUND ON FIRE BOSS RUN.

April 30, 1987 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CUT LITTLE FING9R PUTTING JACK ON PINNER STARTED TO DROP JACK DOWN IN PINNER CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND AND CUT IT IN JOINT.

April 16, 1987 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

MOUNTAIN SEAM L2CATED 60 FT INBY PORTAL BEGINNING IN RT CROSSUCT EXTENDING THROUGH INTERSECTION NO 5 ENTRY MUD SEAM FROM 5FT TO 12FT WIDE AND 30 FT LONG. AREA BOLTED WITH 5FT POINT ANCHOR BO AND ROW OF POST8 WAS INSTALLED WATER SEEPING THROUGH GROUND ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO FALL

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