ALLEGED INJURY WAS SAID TO HAVE OCCURRED WHEN MAN WALKED TO THE SIDE OF A LOADED 773 CAT HAULER TO REFUEL THE TRUCK AND TWO ROCKS FELL FROM THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK-ONE STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT S HOULDER,KNOCKING HIS HARD HAT OFF,AND THE OTHER HITTING HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD.
Poplar Gap Surface #1: 7 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Poplar Gap Surface #1 (mine ID 4406263). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1986–1989
- Latest incident
- Mar 1989
- Motivation Coal Company 1985 to present
- Benchmark Mining Company Inc 1986 to 1987
Poplar Gap Surface #1 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
7 on file1989 · 1 incident
1988 · 2 incidents
WHILE STEPPING DOWN OFFR DOZER MMAN SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.
ALLEGED INJURY OCCURRED WHEN MAN FELL ON SNOW COVERED TANK AS HE ATTEMPTED TO PUT WATER IN STEAM JENNY.
1987 · 3 incidents
I NAME WAS UNRO5LING A ROLL OF FILTER FABRIC DOWN A SIDE DRAIN OF THE HOLLOW FILL,WHEN A ROCK ROLLED OFF SLIP & HIT HIM ON THE HAND.
I NAME WAS REPL5CING ROCK GAURDS ON A DM45 DRILL WHEN THE ROCK GAVED SLIPPED OFF THE SUPPORT HE HAD UNDER IT AND LAND ON HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEES WERE 2AMMERING A TRACK PIN IN A DOZER TRACK, WHEN A SMALL CHIP FLEW OFF THE PIN OR HAMMER AND HIT HOWINGTON IN THE RIGHT EYE.
1986 · 1 incident
PRESHIFT FUELIN1 AND GREASING WER BEING DONE BY INJ EMP EARLY MORNING RAINS HAD MADE SURFACES SLICK IN AROUND AND ON EQUIP WHILE GREASING THE LOSDER BOOM ON 922B LOADER EMP WAS CROSSING FROM ONE SIDE OF BOO4 TO OTHER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN BETWEEN THE BOOM ARMS AND LOADER BUCKET