Mining Incidents

Mine No. 4 Coal

Hubble Mining Company LLC · Underground
Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407048

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2003–2007
Latest incident
Oct 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
347
citations
130
significant & substantial
$72,802
proposed penalties
$58,639
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
2008 Q3 0 9 2
2008 Q2 990 39 14 39393.9
2008 Q1 10,221 7 1 684.9
2007 Q4 950 20 4 21052.6
2007 Q3 840 11 2 13095.2
2007 Q2 1,430 8 0 5594.4
2007 Q1 9,154 8 6 873.9
2006 Q3 840 23 6 27381.0
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

2007 · 1 incident

October 16, 2007 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hubble Mining Company LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Shoveling in mud around belt drive. Got foot stuck in mud - lost balance & fell backward against rib, breaking right shoulder.

2006 · 1 incident

2005 · 1 incident

April 30, 2005 VA · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Hubble Mining Company LLC · Flash burns (electric)

When putting breaker in, breaker and/or recepticle flashed creating burns to hands and face.

2004 · 1 incident

2003 · 1 incident