Mining Incidents

#1 Coal

J B & J Coal Company Inc · Underground
Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406136

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Nov 1985

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 1, 1985 VA · Coal security guard, watchman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Indian Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE VICTIM WAS 2PERATING A FRONT END LOADER ON SECONDARY MINE ACCESS ROAD IN VIRGINIA WHEN THE LOADER LEFT THE ROAD, OVERTURNED, AND SLID APPROX. 125 FT DOWN THE MTS SIDE. THE ACCESS ROAD WAS MAINTAINED BY 6LACKWOOD FUEL CO INC BIG STONE GAP VA THE VICTIM SUFFERED MULTIPLE INJURIES WHICH RESULTED IN HIS DEATH.

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