Mining Incidents

Vicey Surface #3 Coal

Controlled by Pittston Company
Prater, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406541

MSHA record for Vicey Surface #3 (mine ID 4406541). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1989–1991
Latest incident
Jan 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1991 · 1 incident

January 26, 1991 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Motivation Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL STATED HE BACKED OVER ROCK WITH DOZER. DOZER SLIPPED OFF ROCK & EMPL ALLEGEDLY INJURED BACK. HE REFUSED TO GO TO HOSPITAL. ON 2/1/91 HE WENT TO DR & WAS GIVEN TWO DAYS OFF.

1990 · 2 incidents

November 8, 1990 VA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Motivation Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FUELING A DOZER,SLIPPED & FELL CATCHING LEFT HAND BETWEEN COUNTERWEIGHT AND FRAME.

1989 · 1 incident

December 22, 1989 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Motivation Coal Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON LOADER WITH TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES, THUS ALLEGEDLY RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO HIS EYES FROM ARC OF WELDERS BESIDE HIM. (WE WERE INFORMED ON JANUARY 8, 1990, THAT HE WAS ISSUE D A PRESCRIPTION.

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