Mining Incidents

#1 Strip Coal

A & G Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by James C Justice III
Wise, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406603

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
May 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1
citations
1
significant & substantial
$131
proposed penalties
$131
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 14,520 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 25,089 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 23,343 1 1 42.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2000 · 2 incidents

May 3, 2000 VA · Coal drill helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A & G Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING HIS DRILL, WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE STEPOF THE LADDER; HE SAID HE WAS OK; LATER HIS KNEEBEGAN TO SWELL, HE WENT TO DR. THE NEXT DAY; 1ST LOST TIME FOR THIS ACCIDENT WAS ON 6/6/2000.

May 1, 2000 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
A & G Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A DOZER. HE HOOKED A ROCK WITH THE CORNER BIT OF THE BLADE. THE BLADE SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK AND JERKED THE OPERATOR IN THE SEAT.