Mining Incidents

Warehouse No 6: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Pittston Company
Mcclure, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4403232

MSHA record for Warehouse No 6 (mine ID 4403232). 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
1987–1993
Latest incident
Aug 1993
Ownership history
  1. Clinchfield Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Warehouse No 6 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

August 2, 1993 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A CASE OF TUBE GREASE FROM THE TRUCK WHEN EMPLOYEE LIFTED THE CASE OFF OF THE TRUCK HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN NECK AREA.

July 20, 1993 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS UNDER D8K DOZER, PULLING THE OIL PAN. THE BELLY PAN WAS HANGING FROM THE HINGE. THE BELLY PAN CAME LOOSE AT THE HINGE AND FELL, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT THIGH.

1992 · 1 incident

May 13, 1992 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WASHING COAL DUST OFF LONG-WALL PANS WITH WATERHOSE, PARTICLES SPATTERED IN EYE UNDER SAFETY GLASSES.

1991 · 1 incident

March 8, 1991 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING TANK ON TRUCK FRAME. HE PLACED SPACER BETWEEN BRACKET AND FRAME TO BOLT ON. THE SPACER DROPPED OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT KNEE LACERATING IT. THE SPACER CAUSING THE LACERATION WAS APPROX. 1/4 X 16" X 4" WITH WEIGHT OF 2LBS.

1989 · 1 incident

January 18, 1989 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS INSTALLING MUFFLER ON PIPE LINING MUFFLER, HAD H AND ON BACK OF MUFFLER AND HELPER HIT H IS FOREFINGER WITH HAMMER.

1988 · 3 incidents

August 1, 1988 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A THREE STEP LADDER WAS HINGED AT BOTTOM OF TRUCK BED, SWUNG UP AND HOOKED. HE UNHOOKED AND WAS LOWERING THE LADDER AND STRUCK AGAINST THE BED. CAUGHT HIS RING FINGER BETWEEN LADDER AND B ED.

February 9, 1988 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENT OVER TO PICK UP CHAIN & BINDER & COULDNT GET BACK UP STRAIGHT

February 3, 1988 VA · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STANDING BEHIND BUCKET TRUCK AND THE BUCKET WAS RAISED WITH PERSON DOING OVERHEAD WORK. OPERATOR LOWERED BUCKET. HE WAS STANDING UNDER THE BOTTOM OF BUCKET STRUCK HIM IN HEAD.

1987 · 1 incident

November 5, 1987 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

EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING A DRUM OF OIL IN TO POSITION TO PUT THE PUM IN. FEET SLIPPED AND FELL TO FLOOR ON HIS BACK. THE DRUM FELL TO THE FLOOR BETWEEN HIS LEGS, BUT DID NOT HIT HIM.