Mining Incidents

Conaway Creek Deep Mine Coal

Banner Blue Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Metinvest B V
BIG ROCK, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407082

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2005–2011
Latest incident
Jan 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
725
citations
197
significant & substantial
$320,326
proposed penalties
$106,134
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
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 2,440 1 0 409.8
2015 Q2 11,060 104 30 9403.3
2015 Q1 19,509 104 36 5330.9
2014 Q4 12,341 32 6 2593.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 5 1
2013 Q3 0 2 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2011 · 1 incident

January 6, 2011 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Banner Blue Coal Company · Struck by falling object

Employee was scaling the top with a slate bar as he was checking the mine and as he was pulling a piece rock, a piece slid down the bar and hit his left thumb, causing the bone in the tip of his finger to be broken.

2010 · 1 incident

March 4, 2010 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Conaway Mining Company LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was cutting tape off of a measuring stick and cut his left thumb.

2009 · 1 incident

December 14, 2009 VA · Coal wireman, communications man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A B & J Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was tightening bolts on fan motor. Base moved and motor fell on left hand. Fractured left middle finger, cut ring finger, middle finger and pinky finger. Employee had to have stitches in all three fingers.

2007 · 5 incidents

December 10, 2007 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A B & J Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee claimed he was reaching for supplies when his knee slipped and slid down between tire and frame of the roof bolter he was operating resulting in his knee being twisted. The roof bolter was stationary at the time of injury.

November 8, 2007 VA · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
A B & J Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee was cleaning #7 entry with scoop in low coal seam. While moving forward with scoop, he struck coal rib with bucket causing scoop to buckle somewhat in the center section causing him to strike his head on the mine roof resulting in employee complaining with pain in back of neck.

May 31, 2007 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) OTHER
A B & J Coal Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

Employee started complaining of knee pain to the left knee.

March 26, 2007 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A B & J Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was loading parts and supplies, tripped and fell with a hydraulic boom jack in his hands. When he fell he caught his finger between the jack and the metal frame of a Mac 8 transport buggy resulting in a fractured fingertip and cut.

February 14, 2007 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
A B & J Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured EE and another EE were drilling an anchor hole in the mine floor to anchor belt tail piece with a hyd drill. The augar got entangled in a tool pouch, hanging from the other EE's belt, causing injured EE's fingers to become twisted around the handle of the drill. This resulted in a fracture of the middle and ring fingers of the right hand.

2006 · 2 incidents

August 21, 2006 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
A B & J Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner operator was loading coal into shuttle car. When the car moved forward, the tire rolled into miner operators foot. (Remote miner) This resulted in bruising around the ankle and side of foot.

February 7, 2006 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A B & J Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee and section foreman was attempting to move miner cable out of the haulageway. When He pulled on the cable, he sprained his back.

2005 · 2 incidents

December 7, 2005 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
A B & J Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS & AS HE STARTED TO DRILL A HOLE A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROX. 1.5"THICK X 1'WIDE X 2'LONG, DISLODGED & FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT ELBOW RESULTING IN DEEP BRUISING.

October 14, 2005 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
A B & J Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

AFTER BEING LOADED BY THE CONTINUOUS MINER, THE S/C OPERATOR PROCEEDED OUT OF THE #7 HEADING TOWARD THE DUMPING POINT. AS HE MADE THE TURN AROUND THE CORNER THE REAR OF THE S/C STRUCK EE WHO WAS KNEELING WITH HIS BACK TURNED AWAY FROM THE OPERATOR & S/C HANGING LINE CURTAIN THAT HAD FALLEN DOWN.