Mining Incidents

Mine No 4 Coal

Falcon Coal Corp · Underground
Norton, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406915

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
2000–2005
Latest incident
Aug 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
328
citations
141
significant & substantial
$33,939
proposed penalties
$33,939
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 Q1 1,823 2 2 1097.1
2005 Q4 3,927 15 3 3819.7
2005 Q3 16,149 29 14 1795.8
2005 Q2 18,140 23 13 1267.9
2005 Q1 14,677 15 8 1022.0
2004 Q3 17,999 13 6 722.3
2004 Q2 2,726 23 9 8437.3
2004 Q1 14,426 25 8 1733.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

2005 · 2 incidents

August 8, 2005 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Falcon Coal Corp · Struck by powered moving object

The shuttle car was tramming away from miner up an incline of app. 6 degrees. The shuttle car came off point while tramming and drifted backward hitting the rib and miner before stopping. As the shuttle car hit the miner and rib, the employee was also hit.

February 12, 2005 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Falcon Coal Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was found lying on his back. We assume that he slipped and fell on the ice while he was cleaning up at the mine site.

2004 · 1 incident

September 7, 2004 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Falcon Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL 20 FEET LONG, 8-10 FEET IN HEIGHT, 20 FEET WIDE WAS FOUND ON 9/7/04 AT 3:30 AM IN NO. 6 ENTRY 1 BREAK INBY SPAD #2935 APPROXIMATELY 3500 FT OUTBY FACE AREA.

2003 · 4 incidents

November 10, 2003 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator NO VALUE FOUND
Falcon Coal Corp · No Value Found

IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING A BELT MOTOR TO BRING OUTSIDE, WHEN EE'S ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MANTRIP AND BELT MOTOR.

June 4, 2003 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Falcon Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EE WAS SITTING IN THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT, WHEN A ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN THE BOLTS.

March 19, 2003 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RAISING CANOPY ON SHUTTLE CAR WHEN THE CANOPY SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS FINGER.

February 17, 2003 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Falcon Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

OPERATING ROOFBOLTER, WHEN A ROCK FELL CATCHING HIS LEG BETWEEN TWO ROCKS.

2002 · 3 incidents

October 21, 2002 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Falcon Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL 70 FEET LONG, 6 FEET IN HEIGHT AND 20 FEET WIDE WAS FOUND ON 10/21/02 AT 9:30 A.M. 60 FEET OUTBY SPAD NO. 204.

August 22, 2002 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Falcon Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EE PULLED THE ROOF BOLTER INTO THE FACE AREA; HE THEN SET THE ATRS. A ROCK FELL IN BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTER AND CANOPY, HITTING HIM ON THE HEAD/NECK AREA.

February 18, 2002 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Falcon Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MINER WAS MOVING FROM 13 TO 12 HEADING. THE MINER BACKED OUT PAST THE LAST OPEN XCUT. WHEN PULLING FORWARD AND TURNING LEFT, EE WENT TO THE OFF SIDE OF THE MINER TO HOLD THE CABLE UP, SO T HE MINER WOULD NOT GET ON THE CABLE. WHILE MINER MOVED FORWARD, A PIECE OF ROCK ON TOP OF THE MINER CAUGHT THE RIGHT RIB, PUSHING ROCK ACROSS MINER AND PUSHING EE AGAINST RIB.

2001 · 8 incidents

November 13, 2001 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Falcon Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AS THE BOLTER WAS BEING TRAMMED BACKWARDS IN A NARROW PLACE, EE TRIED TO GET BY THE BOLTER AS ITWAS MOVING AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOLTER ANDRIB.

October 18, 2001 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE'S KNEES HAD BEEN BOTHERING HIM THE LAST THREE DAYS WHILE HE OPERATED/HELPED ON THE PINNER. THEN ON 10/18/01 HE LEFT WORK EARLY BECAUSE THEY WERE BOTHERING HIM REALLY BAD.

August 7, 2001 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Falcon Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL ONE BREAK OUTBY SPAD NO.1697, 8-10'HIGH, 40-50'LONG, 70'WIDE FELL THROUGH CROSSCUT INTO ANOTHER CROSSCUT AND ON BELT AND HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE.

July 7, 2001 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EE WAS WORKING WITH A CREW OF MEN ON THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE, WHEN A PIECE OF METAL THAT WWAS LAYING ON TOP OF THE MINER FELL OFF AND HIT HIS FOOT.

March 8, 2001 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS HE WAS PULLING THE MINER CABLE FROM ONE SIDE OF ENTRY TO ANOTHER THE PINNER CABLE WAS PULLED TIGHT AND BECAME CAUGHT, FALLING AND HITTING EE ON THE BACK.

February 20, 2001 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Falcon Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL 210' LONG, 10-12' HIGH, 20' WIDE WASFOUND FROM SPAD NO. 1601 AND NO. 1603 AT ENTRY 34, AND 5.

January 1, 2001 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AS EE WAS PLACING GLUE ON TOP OF PINNER, HIS BACK GAVE OUT.

2000 · 3 incidents

October 30, 2000 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Falcon Coal Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS EE WAS GETTING ON A BUGGY, HE LOST HIS BALANCE WEDGING HIS KNEE BETWEEN BUGGIES.

October 5, 2000 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Falcon Coal Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT.

April 6, 2000 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Falcon Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS EE WAS DRILLING, HE WAS GETTING READY TO TAKE THE STEEL OUT AND APPARENTLY TE WRENCH BROKE/ SLIPPED AND HIS HAND SLIPPED.