Mining Incidents

Tipple #1 Coal

Rebel Coals Inc · Facility
Controlled by Stanley Darrell
Mcclure, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404743

MSHA record for Tipple #1 (mine ID 4404743). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Nov 1989

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 10, 1989 VA · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman Fatality · MACHINERY
Black Energy Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE VICTIM LEFT HIS NORMAL WORKPLACE AND WENT OUTSIDE TO FRONT OF CONVEYOR CHAIN THAT LED TO PICKBREAKER. SOME LOOSE MATERIAL GAVE WAY CAUSING HIM TO BE CAUGHT IN COAL FEED CONVEYORS. THAT CAU GHT HIS BOOT DRAGGING HIM INTO PICKBREAKER. ACCIDENT RESULTED IN HIS DEATH.

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