Mining Incidents

Marker Portal MineCoal

Appalachia, Wise County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407237
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Aug 2009
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2009 · 12 incidents

Struck against stationary object

The individual was removing drill steel from roof bolt hole and struck his right elbow on the canopy post.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Individual was stretching out 2/0 cable when a loop of cable flipped over causing the cable to twist his wrist.

Accident type, without injuries

A fall was discovered in the worked out No. 1 Northeast macker panel. The fall was in the No.2 return entry at survey station No. 6507 and mneasured approx. 20' long x 20' wide x 6' thick. There were no injuries or equipment involved. The fall will not be cleaned.

Accident type, without injuries

A fall was discovered in the worked out No. 1 Northeast marker panel. The fall was in the No. 2 return entry at survey station No. 6527 and measured approximately 20' long x 20' wide x 6' high. There were no injuries or equipment involved. The fall will not be cleaned up.

Struck by falling object

The individual was installing a roof bolt when a piece of draw rock fell. The draw rock struck the edge of the tray of the roof bolting machine which caused the rock to break. A piece of the rock struck the individual's left wrist.

Struck by falling object

The employee was operating a continuous mining machine when a piece of draw rock fell out between roof bolts. The rock struck him on top of his head and bent his neck forward resulting in a strain to his neck.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The individual was installing a new cable (wire) on a conveyor belt take-up unit and strained his right shoulder.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The injured was operating a roof bolting machine and was raising the drill head up to the drill steel, when he caught his right hand btween the drill head chuch and the drill steel. This resulted in a laceration, which required sutures.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

The injured was changing the drive chain on #5 drive and strained right shoulder when lifting a 60 drive chain to place on belt drive gears. The injured did not miss work but is scheduled for shoulder surgery on 7/31/09.

Accident type, without injuries

A fall was discovered in the No. 1 entry of the 1-left panel off 1 East marker at survey station No. 6600. The fall measured approximately 25' long by 7' thick by 17' wide. There were no injuries or equipment involved. The fall was approximately 650' outby the MMU 001-0 and will not be cleaned up.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

The individual was helping slide a spool of shuttle car cable in to the scoop bucket and experienced pain in his right shoulder.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

The individual was opening an air lock door, which is located on the mine travelway, and felt a pull in his lower back. He did not miss work or go to a physician until 5/19/09. The physician recently determined that the individual has a hernia. The operator was not aware that this was job related until 6/25/09.