Mining Incidents

Looney Creek Marker MineCoal

Appalachia, Wise County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407251
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2010–2012
Latest incident
Jan 2012
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2012 · 1 incident

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

Employee was loading augaline, sliding line forward pinching finger between augaline and coupling causing a laceration to his finger.

2011 · 3 incidents

Accident type, without injuries

The weekly examination was being performed when the foreman, EE, found a roof fall in the (A LEFT)panel one break inby spad #552. The foreman timbered all sides of the fall and dangered off the area. Additional timbers were set in nearby entries around the fall.

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

While employee was installing roof bolt a piece of rock fell, hitting the pan and plate pinching left hand against wrench bruising middle and index fingers.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The EE was loading I-Beams into the scoop bucket when the back end of the I-Beam kicked around and caught his finger between the beams. The injury required sutures but there were no lost or restricted work days.

2010 · 5 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

The employee was moving the cable to the continuous mining machine out of the roadway and felt pain in his upper abdomen. He continued to work his regular job. but during a dr's visit on june 29 2010 it was determined that he had a hernia of his upper abdomen.

Fall onto or against objects

EE slipped on a rock falling backwards and hitting his left shoulder on an anchor pin at the #4 belt drive.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

The individual was raising a 3.2 hp submersible pump to adjust the hanger straps. The pump slipped and dropped. The individual experienced sharp pain in lower left abdomen. No lost or restricted days at this time. Surgery will be scheduled to repair the hernia.

Struck by falling object

The individual was haying the miner cable and water line when a piece of draw rock fell striking him on top of the left foot.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The individual slipped on a ledge in the #5 heading and twisted his right ankle.