Mining Incidents

Conaway Creek Deep Mine Coal

Conaway Creek Deep Mine · Underground
Controlled by Metinvest B V
GRUNDY, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406868

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2008–2020
Latest incident
Feb 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
1,004
citations
230
significant & substantial
$315,177
proposed penalties
$283,494
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
2019 Q4 12,082 51 9 4221.2
2019 Q3 1,750 8 1 4571.4
2019 Q2 11,965 16 5 1337.2
2018 Q4 1,951 16 2 8200.9
2018 Q2 10,086 15 4 1487.2
2018 Q1 11,419 16 2 1401.2
2017 Q4 9,513 14 1 1471.7
2017 Q3 1,772 7 0 3950.3
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2020 · 2 incidents

February 29, 2020 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) OTHER
A B & J Coal Company, Inc. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was setting pump in water. As they turned after setting pump, they twisted lower back resulting in a strained muscle.

January 9, 2020 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A B & J Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee picked up a belt rail to remove it from around the feeder dump area and pulled muscles in left shoulder.

2019 · 1 incident

March 25, 2019 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
A B & J Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

First intersection inby intake portal fell approx. 8 ft. high, 16 ft. wide, 23 ft. long. Fall did not affect ventilation, all employees were immediately evacuated from the mine. No injuries resulted from this event.

2014 · 2 incidents

June 13, 2014 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
A B & J Coal Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Roof bolter operator was swinging drill head to install a roof bolt when he caught his finger between the boom arm and drill pot of roof bolter.

March 4, 2014 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
A B & J Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall out-by, neutral entry , aprox 32 breaks out-by face area. Ventilation was not disrupted. Fall occurred during idle weekend.

2013 · 1 incident

December 26, 2013 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
A B & J Coal Company, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

Sometime during Christmas break a rock fall occurred in the left return at just inby SS# 2577. The fall was dangered off, timbered off and the travelway was re-routed around the fall. The fall was approx. 80' long, 20' wide, and 7' high.

2008 · 2 incidents

November 25, 2008 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
A B & J Coal Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was going from feeder to miner. He put his hand under the shuttle car while moving.

September 24, 2008 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A B & J Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE said he picked rock up and strained back.