Mining Incidents

Screaming Eagle Mine: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Pittston Company
Duty, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406479

MSHA record for Screaming Eagle Mine (mine ID 4406479). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1990–1995
Latest incident
Aug 1995
Ownership history
  1. Clinchfield Coal Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Screaming Eagle Mine 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.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1995 · 2 incidents

August 2, 1995 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LOADING A ROLL OF FILTER FABRIC INTO A PICKUP TRUCK, AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

January 30, 1995 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clinchfield Coal Company · Fall from machine

INJURED FIRST SAID THAT HE WAS ON THE GROUND BESIDE THE GRADER AND FELL. HE LATER STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET OUT OF THE GRADER AND TRIPPED OVER A LOADER TOOTH LAYING IN THE FLOOR BOA RD & FELL OUT LANDING ON HIS HEAD AND SHOULDER.

1994 · 1 incident

December 17, 1994 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clinchfield Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE AT FOX 10 OVERBURDEN PIT WAS SERVICING A CAT 992 LOADER. HE WAS PULLING THE GREASE HOSE OUT OF THE REEL ON THE SERVICE TRUCK, WHEN HE SLIPPED IN THE MUD AND FELL ON THE GROUND. HE BROKE TWO BONES IN HIS RIGHT HAND, BETWEEN THE WRIST AND THE KNUCKLES.

1993 · 1 incident

August 1, 1993 VA · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT A PIECE OF CARDBOARD IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF AIR CONDITIONER HOUSING (TO PREVENT NOISE CREATED BY THE HOUSING VIBRATING) AND ACCIDENTALLY PUT HIS FIN GERS IN THE FAN. FAN STRUCK HIS RIGHT RING AND MIDLE FINGERS.

1992 · 1 incident

October 26, 1992 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROUGH AND ROCKY- A LOT OF JARRING.

1991 · 2 incidents

September 27, 1991 VA · Coal transit man, surveyor/transit worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WALKING BEHIND ANOTHER EE ALONG A SURVEY LINE THE FRONT MAN BENT A TREE BRANCH SO HE COULD WALK ALONG THE LINE. WHEN THE BRANCH WAS RELEASED IT STRUCK THE INJURED IN THE FACE, SWEE PING HIS SAFETY GLASSES FROM THEIR PROPER POSITION. A PORTION OF THE BRANCH STRUCK THE EYE.

August 19, 1991 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

WORKING LARGE ROCK OUT OF MATERIAL ON DUMP TO BE USED FOR BERMING.WHEN HE APPROACHED EXISTING BERM,EMPL PUSHED MATERIAL TOO FAR OVER EDGE CAUSING MACHINE TO BREAK OVER AND ROLL TO BOTTOM.

1990 · 2 incidents

May 16, 1990 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF CAB OF FUEL TRUCK TO CUT OFF FUEL PUMP. EMPLOYEE PLACED RIGHT FOOT ON 6 INCH STONE. WHEN EMPLOYEE LEFT GO OF HAND HOLD FROM TRUCK, STONE ROLLED OVER CAUSING A SPRAI N IN EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT ANKLE.

February 21, 1990 VA · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A HYDRAULICLY OPERATED STEEL BREAK WRENCH ON DRILL PIPE. THE WRENCH BROKE AND STRUCK THE PERSONS FINGER UNPON ACTIVATION.