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#2: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Trinity Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Noah B Lambert
St. Charles, Lee County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406122

MSHA record for #2 (mine ID 4406122). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Mar 1994
Ownership history
  1. Red Creek Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1993
  2. Trinity Coal Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#2 sits in Lee County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Lee County, Virginia · Population 22,042
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$42,269
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1994 · 2 incidents

March 24, 1994 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Trinity Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

SUBJECT WAS RUNNING MINER WHEN A ROCK ABOUT 4" TO 6" THICK--12" TO 14" LONG & 8" TO 10" WIDE FELL OUT BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLTS STIKING HIM ON THE LOWER LEG & ANKLE BREAK HIS LEG & ANKLE.