Mining Incidents

Splashdam Mine Coal

Controlled by J Mark Campbell
Hurley, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407211

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2009–2015
Latest incident
Aug 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
458
citations
125
significant & substantial
$111,855
proposed penalties
$80,789
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
2014 Q2 10,558 16 1 1515.4
2014 Q1 480 13 0 27083.3
2013 Q4 1,247 30 9 24057.7
2013 Q3 986 14 2 14198.8
2013 Q2 2,346 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 1 0
2012 Q4 5,561 2 0 359.6
2012 Q2 13,628 26 13 1907.8
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

2015 · 1 incident

August 3, 2015 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Hubble Mining Company, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Found roof fall in the no. 1 entry approx. 400 ft from the face. Fall occurred in the intersection. 20 ft wide, 20 ft long, 6 ft thick. This is active non-producing status. No coal being produced at this mine. No one was in the mine when the fall occurred.

2012 · 2 incidents

September 19, 2012 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Creek Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was standing near slack in trailing cable of shuttle car, when operator started car the cable repositioned tripping employee.

July 10, 2012 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Creek Coal LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While re-positioning continuous miner ee & another ee was untangling miner cable ee was pulling on the rope that is used to pull the miner cable. EE told other ee he hurt his back.

2010 · 1 incident

January 14, 2010 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cedar Creek Coal LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Piece of pogo stick was lying in the mud. EE did not see it and stepped on the pogo stick causing his foot to slide making him do the splits.

2009 · 1 incident

January 2, 2009 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cedar Creek Coal LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Replacing bearing on feeder. Victim hit chisel with hammer causing chisel to come out and hit victim in mouth.