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#2: 13 reportable incidents Coal

Oliver Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Noah B Lambert
Coeburn, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4403506

MSHA record for #2 (mine ID 4403506). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Apr 1986
Ownership history
  1. Oliver Coal Company 1950 to 1984
  2. Oliver Coal Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#2 sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

1986 · 3 incidents

April 1, 1986 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Oliver Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL ABO6T 8FT HIGH, 20FT WIDE AND 50 FT LONG OCCURRED ON THE 001 SECION OFF 1ST LEFT MAINS. NO INJURIES AND NO EQUIPMENT WERE INVOLVED.

March 10, 1986 VA · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oliver Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SP9EADING ROCKDUST HE TURNED TO LIFT ANOTHER BAG FROM SCOOP AND TORE MUSCLE FROM RIGHT SHOULDER

January 6, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oliver Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP STATED TO A3OTHER EMPLOYEE THAT HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE TRYING TO BEND A ROOF BOLT

1985 · 3 incidents

October 28, 1985 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss STRIKING OR BUMPING
Oliver Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

A ROOF BOLT HAD PULLED THROUGH A HOLE IN ROOF STRAP CUSING STRAP TO DROP DOWN ON ONE END. THESTRAP WAS JUST INBY A LINE CURTAIN. SUBJECT CAME THROUGH CURTAIN STRIKING CORNER OF STRAP.

October 18, 1985 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oliver Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

TAKING WIRE ROPE LOOSE FROM BELT DRIVE AND SCRAPED HAND ORER DRIVE.

January 29, 1985 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Oliver Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

FALL OCCURRED IN 2 HEADING THAT HAD BEEN STOPPED FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS FALL WAS 3/X20X7 BOLTS WERE BROKEN AND PULLED OUT

1984 · 6 incidents

October 30, 1984 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Oliver Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A FALL 70-80 FT LONG, 11 FT HIGH AND 20 FT WIDE OCCURRED IN #1 ENTRY BADLY CRACKED AND BROKEN TOP WAS THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

September 14, 1984 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Oliver Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SCOTCH SLIPPED AND TRE SCOOTER ROLLED BACKWARDS

January 12, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Oliver Coal Company · Struck by falling object

OPERATOR ENTERED THE PLACE AND SET A SAFETY POST HE THEN NOTICED WATER DRIPPING FROM TOP WHEN OPERATOR STARTED TO DRILL A ROCK DROPPED FROM THE ROOF WITHOUT WARNING A PIECE HIT THE CANOPY AN BROKE A PIECE 50X32X6 SLID DOWN THE CANOPY AND STRUCK THE OPERATOR BREAKING HIS LEG AND PELVIC BONE

1983 · 1 incident

May 12, 1983 VA · Coal loading machine/gather arm loader helper FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Oliver Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON LOADING MACHINE WHEN A PIECE OF OVERHANGING RIB FELL HITTING EMPLOYEE\S SELF RESCUER UNIT FORCING HIS KNEE SIDEWAYS RESULTING IN A SPRAIN TO HIS RIGHT KNEE.