HELPING UNLOAD CABLE HE WAS ON GROUND AND LOADER OPER WAS IN LOADER PULLING CABLE IT GOT CAUGHT AROUND HIS LEG AND PULLED HIM OFF BALANCE AND FELL INJ HIS BUTT
No 5 Mine: 14 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 5 Mine (mine ID 4406406). 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
- 1987–1990
- Latest incident
- Feb 1990
- Kelly Energy Company Inc 1987 to present
No 5 Mine sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% 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 file1990 · 2 incidents
CREW WAS RIDING TO SECTION IN 486 SCOOP BUCKET. TRAVELED 1 1/2 BREAKS TOWARD SECTION AND EE RAISED UP AND GOT INTO CONTOCK WITH MINE ROOF RESULTING IN BEING KNOCKED FROM SCOOP BUCKET REST OF M EN WERE LAYING DOWN AND HE WAS ON HIS KNEES IF HE HAD BE LAYING DOWN I PERSONALLY DONT THINK HE WOULD HAVE BEEN INJURED.
1989 · 5 incidents
HURT BACK UNLOADING MOTOR OUT OT TRUCK.
WAS CHECKING IN A FEEDER COUPLING AND PART COUPLING BROKE AND STRUCK INJURED ON LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WHEN SPARKS FROM THE METAL BURNT BOTH EYES ARC WELDER BURN
ROOF FALL IN THE #2 ENTRY INBY SPAD #259TO #261.FELL APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET LONG BY 10 FEET WIDE 5'BY 7' HIGH;NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED;DID NOT RESTRICT VENTILATION NO PERSONNEL INVOLVED.
MOUNTAIN BREAK DROPPED APPROX 30 INCHES 001 SECTION #2 ENTRY 1 BREAK OUTBY SPAD #347.
1988 · 5 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS TRIMMING A SPLICE ON THE BELT WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS LEG
WHILE INSTALLING THE FOURTH BOLT IN THE ROLL, HE CAME IN FRONT OF PINNER AND GOT MARKING STICK AND TURNED AROUND AND THE ROCK FELL, PUSHED THE JACK OUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF PINNER. THE ROCK F ELL IN BETWEEN THE THIRD AND FOURTH JACK AD BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND ROW OF JACKS.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON KNEES SHOVELING THE BELT WHEN HE PUSHED HIMSELF UP,HIS KNEE POPPED.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A MOTOR THE BAR SLIPPED & THE EMPLOYEE JERKED QUICKLY & HE HEARD A POP
MASHED TIP OF RIGHT LITLE FINGER BETWEEN TIMBERS.
1987 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS SQ6ATTING WHILE BOLTING ROOF WHEN KNEE CAME OUT OF PLACE
ATTEMPTING TO S9T SAFTEY JACK WHEN ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN LOAST ROLL OF BOLTS AND SAFETY JACKS.