Mining Incidents

#1 Tipple: 1 reportable incident Coal

S & S Fuels · Facility
Harman, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4400419

MSHA record for #1 Tipple (mine ID 4400419). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Oct 1984
Ownership history
  1. Bull Creek Coal & Dock Company 1950 to 1984
  2. S & S Fuels 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#1 Tipple sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Buchanan County, Virginia · Population 19,857
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,216
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

October 22, 1984 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
S & S Fuels · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

I.NAME WAS PULLING ON WIRE ROPE THAT RAISES SLIDE GATE ON COAL HOPPER & HURT HIS BACK.