Mining Incidents

Esserville Shop Coal

Wise Va, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406794

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2002–2006
Latest incident
Aug 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
24
citations
7
significant & substantial
$2,139
proposed penalties
$2,139
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
2006 Q3 15,608 6 1 384.4
2006 Q1 14,459 5 1 345.8
2005 Q3 11,829 6 2 507.2
2004 Q4 13,202 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 12,146 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 11,350 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 12,631 2 0 158.3
2003 Q2 3,862 4 2 1035.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2006 · 1 incident

August 17, 2006 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Maxxim Rebuild Company LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was filling a final drive on a 011 cat dozer with 60w oil, using a five gallon bucket, when he started feeling a soreness in his right shoulder. The pain was more severe the next morning.

2003 · 1 incident

August 25, 2003 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Maxxim Rebuild Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PERFORMING SERVICE ON A LOW-BOY TRAILER WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH WHEN HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK.

2002 · 3 incidents

August 26, 2002 VA · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS UNLOADING AN EMPTY ACETYLENE TANK FROM HIS SERVICE TRUCK & FELT A SHARP BURNING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LOWER ABDOMEN.

May 28, 2002 VA · Coal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS REMOVING A PICKUP TRUCK TIRE WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER EE. WHEN THE TWO MEN WERE LOWERING THE TIRE TO THE GROUND THIS EE FELT LOWER BACK PAIN.

March 14, 2002 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paramont Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON THAT MEASURED APPROX 6" WIDE X 3' LONG & STARTED HAVING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.