LIFTING PC OF ROCK HUNG IN BELT FELT PAIN IN STOMACH
No 7: 13 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 7 (mine ID 4404970). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 13
- Years on record
- 1985–1990
- Latest incident
- Feb 1990
- Bounty Mining Corp 1978 to 1980
- Bounty Mining Corp 1980 to 1988
- Reco Mining Inc 1988 to 1989
- Hollow Point Mining Inc 1989 to 2000
- Nufac Mining Inc 2000 to present
No 7 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
13 on file1990 · 1 incident
1989 · 7 incidents
TRAMING SCOOP. GOT CHEST AND SHOULDER IN CONTACT WITH TOP ROLLING HIM OVER IN DECK OF SCOOP MASHING HIM ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
CREW LOADED BELT BOX INTO SCOOP BUCKET AND SCOOP OPER. RAISED SCOOP BUCKET VICTIM HAD HAND ON TOP OF BELT BOX MASHING HAND BETWEEN ROOF AND BELT BOX
WAS MOVING BELT RING WAS PUTTING STRUCTURE IN PULLD UP ON ROPE FELT PAIN IN LOWER STOMACH.
MASHED FINGER WITH CHAIN WHILE PULLING CONVEYOR BELT.
OUTSIDE MAN GOT FOOT STUCK BETWEEN SCOOP BATTERIES AND BRUISED FOOT.
RIDING SCOOP BUCKET INTO MINE, SCOOP WENT THR0UGH WATER GETTING SOME IN SCOOP BUCKET. MEADOWS RAISED UP TO KEEP FROM GETTING WET AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH MINE ROOF CAUSING A STRAIN TO THE BACK .
STRAINED BACK MUSCLE WHILE HELPING CLEAR POWER LINE RIGHT OF WAY TO MINE.
1988 · 2 incidents
JACK SETTER WAS SETTING SAFETY JACK BETWEEN BOLTS SHEN PIECE OF DRAW ROCK DISLODGED.
ROOF FALL 20 FEET INBY NO. 2 PORTAL BELT INBY 1 TO 4 FEET LONG, 1L FEET WIDE, AND 24 FEET THICK. MOUNTAIN SEAM.
1987 · 2 incidents
SITTING SAFETY 4ACK WHEN AN UNOBSERVED KETTLE BOTTOM DISLODGED
MINE FOREMAN LE0T PERSONNEL CARRIER BECAUSE OF GROUND AND FAILED TO SHOT OFF CONTROLLER THEN CRAWLED TO FACE MINE BUGGY BECAME GROUNDED BURNING INSOLATION CAUSING SMOKE TO ACCUMILATE FOREMAN I NHALED SMOKE CA6SING RESPIRATORY PROBLEM.
1985 · 1 incident
PINNER OPERATOR WASNT WATCHING-BACKED PINNER TOO CLOSE TO MACHINE GETTING READY TO DRILL NEXT HOLE