Clinchfield Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
COMPENSATION FOR HEARING LOSS.
Old Smith Gap Surface Mine Coal
Clinchfield Coal Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Pittston Company
Dante,
Dickenson County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406327
MSHA record for Old Smith Gap Surface Mine (mine ID 4406327). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 1988–1990
- Latest incident
- Feb 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file1990 · 1 incident
1989 · 6 incidents
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL WAS AT POST AT SECURITY VEHICLE WHEN PICKETTR THREW ROCK THROUGH WINDSHIELD.
June 6, 1989
VA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clinchfield Coal Company · Fall from machine
EMPLOLYEE WAS SERVICING TRUCK HE BEGAN CLIMBING LADDER ON REAR OF TRUCK LOST HIS GRIP & FELL BACK AGAINST PUSH BEAM OF DOZER
Clinchfield Coal Company · Fall from machine
DISMOUNTING DOZER STEPPED DOWN ON STEP FT SLIPPED DOWN BETWEEN PUSHBEAM AND TRACK L FT WENT ALL WAY TO GROUND ALONG SIDE OF DOZER PULLING R FT BACK OUT FORM BETWEEN PUSHBEAM AND TRACK AND BRUI SING R SHIN BACK STRAIN NOT NOTIC. TIL 4-21-89
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TRYING TO ADJUST SEAT IN TRUCK LEVER WIRE WAS BROKEN EMP PULLING ON WIRE TRYING TO RELEASE SEAT LATCH WIRE SLIPPED HIS HAND AND CUT FINGER.
Clinchfield Coal Company · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING JOINTS ON LODER BOOM. HE HAD CLIMBED UP APPROX. TWO FEET FROM THE GROUND TO REACH TOP GREASE JOINTS. EMPLOYEE FINISHED GREASING JOINTS AND JUMPED FLAT FOOTED THE TWO FE ET BACK TO THE GROUND, LANDING IN LOOSE MATERIAL IN THE COAL PIT CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND MOST OF WEIGHT SHIFTED TO HIS LEFT KNEE AND HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
January 16, 1989
VA · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
RIDING IN BACK OF BLAZER USED TO TRANSOPRT EMP OT JOB SITE VECHICLE PULLED OUT IT STRUCK ROCK VEH STOPPED SUDDENLY CAUSING EMP TO MOVE FORWAR D AND STRUCK FOREHEAD ONT OP OF C B SEAT BELT NOT DRAWN TIGHT.
1988 · 1 incident
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPL WAS USING THE PROPER TOOL AND METHOD TO UNCOU PLE JAMMED STEEL SED FOR DRILLING A WIRE CABLE WITH HOOKS IS USED TO FASTEN THE DRILL STEEL AND HYDRAULIC PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO BREAK LOOSE JAMMED DRILL STEEL A BUR ON THE CABLE PUNCTURED THE LEFT HAND OF THE EMPLOYEE
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The full compliance file on Old Smith Gap Surface Mine
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