Horn Construction Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON DRILL WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HIT HIS RIBS ON CATWALK
Surface Mine No 10: 8 reportable incidents Coal
Horn Construction Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Edward Horn
Vansant,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4402118
MSHA record for Surface Mine No 10 (mine ID 4402118). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
Watch this mine
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Surface Mine No 10.
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Years on record
- 1985–1989
- Latest incident
- Jul 1989
Ownership history
- Horn Construction Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Surface Mine No 10 sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.Buchanan County, Virginia · Population 19,857
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,216
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file1989 · 2 incidents
May 26, 1989
VA · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Horn Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine
STEPPED OFF TRUCK FELL HELD OUT HAND TO STOP FALL IJ HAND.
1987 · 2 incidents
April 29, 1987
VA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Horn Construction Company Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object
EMPLOYEE WAS HO2KING CABLE TO TREES THAT HAD BEEN CUT DOWN WHEN A ROCK ROLLED DOWN THE HILL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE ELBOW.
Horn Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HO2KING CABLE TO TREES THAT HAD BEEN CUT DOWN WHEN A ROCK ROLLED DOWN THE HILL STRICKING EMPLOYEE ON THE ELBOW.
1985 · 4 incidents
October 2, 1985
VA · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Horn Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING HAULER WHEN ROCK FELL OFF WINTO HAULERBEDS-THIS CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO BE JERKED.
August 2, 1985
VA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Horn Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
PAIN STARTED WHILE OPERATING DOZER.
February 5, 1985
VA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Horn Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE SHUT DOWN DOZER AND STOPPED OFF TRACK OF DOZER STEPPED ON A ROUNDED ROCK AND TURNED LEFT ANKLE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL.
Horn Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine
EMPL STANDING ON 5 GAL CAN PLACED ON DECK OF HAULER WELDING TRUCK BED WHEN CAN KICKED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND EMPL FELL TO GROUND.