WHILE CLEQNING SHEAR, HIT ON FEEDER WITH A HAMMER AND PUNCH. A SMALL PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF HAMMER OR PUNCH AND WENT IN EE'S LEFT EYE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
No 6: 9 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 6 (mine ID 4406517). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1991–1994
- Latest incident
- Sep 1994
- Jeff Coal Inc 1989 to 1991
- T Coal Company Inc 1991 to 1991
- Good Times Mining Inc 1991 to present
No 6 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
9 on file1994 · 3 incidents
WHILE PUTTING PIECE ROLLER ON BELT DRIVE EE HURT HIS BACK WHEN HE LIFTED ROLLER
WHILE LIFTING ON A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE. EE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
1993 · 2 incidents
WHILE RIDING A 3 WHEELED GOLF CART. I RAN MY HEAD INTO THE TOP.
WHILE PUTTING CONVEYOR CHAIN TOGETHER ON MINER, METAL USED TO TAKE UP SPACE BETWEEN BOOM WALL AND CHAIN CAME OUT. CAUSING JEFFERY TO BE STRUCK BY HAMMER AND METAL.
1992 · 1 incident
A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN THE FACE OF #1 AND FOR A LENGTH OF APPROX. 60' X 20' X 6'. IT CAME DOWN BETWEEN 2 MUD SEAMS. THE TOP HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 4' RESIN RODS. AFTER AN INVESTIGATION BY THE S TATE AND FEDERAL. NO VIOLATIONS WERE ISSUED.
1991 · 3 incidents
HE WAS LOADING HYDRAULIC PUMP FROM SHOP ON SURFACE.
HE WAS HELPING REPAIRMAN INSTALL NEW MAIN HYDRAULIC PUMP ON ROOF BOLTER WHILE LIFTING IT INTO PLACE FOOT SLIPPED.
I NAME WAS OILING THE MINER HEAD AT THAT TIME THE ROOF BOLTER CAME BY & ASK THE MINER MAN TO MISS THE PAN ON THE MINER (HIS CABLE WAS PULLING UP UNDER IT_) & WHEN THE BOLTER GOT BY THE MINER MAN LET THE PAN DOWN & I NAME RT FOOT WAS UNDER IT & THE FIRST RESPONDER TREATED HIM FOR A BROKEN FOOT & TOOK HIM OUTSIDE