BACK SEENED TO 6E HURT IN 2-84 FROM LOADING A SHOT. EMPLOYEE WOULD NOT GO TO DR. NO WORK WAS MISSED OVER THE LAST 3 MONTHS BACK COMPLAIN STARTED AND 5-12-86. HE WENT TO DR AND A SPUR WAS FOUND ON VETBRA CAUS3NG PRESSURE ON A NERVE. DR SAY BOUNCING ON THE LOADER COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS AND IT DOES KEEP IT INFLAMED.
Pitt #2: 5 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Pitt #2 (mine ID 4405716). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1983–1986
- Latest incident
- May 1986
- P & H Coal Company 1981 to 1983
- Landmark Coal Company Inc 1983 to present
Pitt #2 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
5 on file1986 · 1 incident
1985 · 2 incidents
PERSON HAD BEEN OFF THE MACHINE TALKING TO THE DOZER OPERATOR HE THEN STEPPED FROM A PILE OF ROCKS ONTO THE BUCKET OF THE 922C AS HE WAS ON THE BUCKET HE LOST FOOTING AND FELL BETWEEN THE B BUCKET AND TIRE BREAKING HIS LEFT ARM AT THE ELBOW
INJURED PERSON HAD JUST COMPLETED LOADING ANFO ON A 1980 FORD PICKUP AS HE STEPPED FROM THE TRUCK BED ONTO THE BUMPER HIS FOOT SLIPPED SKINNING HIS LEG FOOT BEGAN TO SWELL ON 6-3-85 AND INJ URED PERSON WENT TO DR ON 6-6-85
1984 · 1 incident
LOAD OPERATOR MOVING SPOIL AT DUMP AREA.HIS BUCKET HIT A ROCK WHICH MADE LOADER COME TO SUDDEN STOP,THROWING OPERATOR INTO STEERING WHEE.HE WENT TO DR ON 10-3-84 AND THE REPORT WAS BRUISES TO INSIDE AND CARTILAGE PULLED.
1983 · 1 incident
AFTER SHIFT THE DOZER OPERATOR WAS FILLING HIS DOZER THE FUEL NOZZLE WOULD NOT COMPLETELY CLOSE OFF & DIESEL FUEL IGNITED IN HIS FACE. THE OPERATOR HAD BURNS TO HIS FACE & LEFT HAND & THE O NLY DANAGE TO THE DOZER WAS BURNED SEAT & A COAT LAYING BESIDE THE SEAT.