Mining Incidents

Number 42: 19 reportable incidents Coal

Lambert Coal Company Inc · Underground
Nora, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4404790

MSHA record for Number 42 (mine ID 4404790). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1983–1991
Latest incident
Aug 1991
Ownership history
  1. Lambert Coal Company Inc 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Number 42 sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% of county employment.

Local economic context
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.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

1991 · 3 incidents

August 21, 1991 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL HAD BEEN UNLOADING PUMP AT MINE. AFTER HE HAD FINISHED HE BENT OVER & FELT PAIN IN BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

March 6, 1990 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO MOVE A ROCK OFF OF HIS SHOOTING CABLE.

1988 · 1 incident

April 1, 1988 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE MINE SHOP AND DROPPED A BELT ROLLER ON HIS LEFT FOOT AS HE WAS PREPARING TO GO UNDERGROUND.

1987 · 1 incident

1986 · 3 incidents

August 5, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE THE INJUR9D EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOFBOLTER A SMALL ROCK FELL OUT BEHIND HIM HITTING THE CANOPY SLIDING OFF AND HITTING HIM IN THE BACK

May 28, 1986 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING A PIECE OF ROCK OFF THE MINER, HE OPERATES WHEN HE HAD A MUSCLE SPASM IN HIS BACK.

1984 · 5 incidents

September 19, 1984 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS ROCKDUSTING BY HAND IN THE MINE

August 16, 1984 VA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEEWAS CHANGING A BIT ON A AUGER OF THE COAL DRILL & CUT HIS HAND ON A WIRE ON THE QUGER.

August 2, 1984 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL STANDING 5-6\ AWAY FROM MECHANIC USING HAMMER TO PUT LINK IN CONVEYOR CHAIN WHEN SLIVER OF METAL FLEW AND HIT HIM IN CHEEK.

August 2, 1984 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL USING HAMMER TO INSTALL LIND IN CONVEYOR CHAIN AND PIECE OF METAL FLEW AND HIT HIM IN CHEST.

April 11, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE & WARER LINE & STRAINED HIS BACK.

1983 · 5 incidents

November 7, 1983 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHEN THE EMPLOYEE MOVED THE TEMPORARY ROOF JACK AFTER A BOLT WAS INSTALLED, A PIECE OF ROCK 5\X 3\X 6" FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE FOOT.

October 18, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THROUGH A BREAK THROUGH WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 2 FTX3 FTX0-4 INCHES FELL OUT FROM BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS AND STRUCK HIM ON THE SHOULDER AND RIGHT FOOT.

September 30, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE C/M WHEN THE W R E NCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS ELBOW ON THE MINER

June 11, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS TRYING TO PUT UP A ROOF BOLT, THE BOLTER OPERATOR ROTATED THE HEAD A LITTLE IN ORDER TO LINE IT UP.

February 8, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN HE LOOKED OUT TO SEE WHAT HAD BEEN DONE, WHEN HE DID SO, A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL SKIMMING HIS FACE.