Clinchfield Coal Company · Fall down stairs
INJURED WAS LEAVING THE MINE OFFICE TO GO TO HIS PICKUP TRUCK. HE STATED THAT HE SLIPPED ON THE SECOND STEP AND TRYING TO CATCH ON THE HAND RAIL STRAINING HIS NECK AND SHOULDER.
White Stallion Surface Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal
Clinchfield Coal Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Pittston Company
Dante,
Russell County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406764
MSHA record for White Stallion Surface Mine (mine ID 4406764). 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
- 1994–1995
- Latest incident
- Oct 1995
Ownership history
- Clinchfield Coal Company 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
White Stallion Surface Mine sits in Russell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.5% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Russell County, Virginia · Population 25,635
4.5%
Mining share of county employment
$49,020
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file1995 · 3 incidents
March 2, 1995
VA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clinchfield Coal Company · Fall from machine
WHILE DISMOUNTING LOADER, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS, STRAINING HIS RIGHT KNEE.
February 6, 1995
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EE WAS HELPING REMOVE COUNTERWEIGHT FROM DOZER RT PIN WAS STUCK & HAD TO BE PRESSED OUT WITH A PRESS TOOL AFTER PIN WAS REMOVED IT REMAINED STATIONARY EE WAS REMOVING PRESS & COUNTERWEIGHT ROL LED FORWARD & RELL ON HIS FEET EE FELL BACKWARD & HIT HIS BACK OR PULLED IT WHEN HE FELL BOOM TRUCK WAS USSED TO LIFT COUNTERWEIGHT OFF OF HIS FEET EE VA RESCUE SQUAD TRANSPORTED EE TO NORTON
1994 · 1 incident
September 19, 1994
VA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE DISMOUNTING LOADER, BOTTOM STEP OF LADDER STEPS TWISTED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO GRAB THE GRAB IRON AND STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.