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#2 Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Long Wallace
Wolford, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405762

#2 Mine has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Nov 1989
Ownership history
  1. Virginia By-Products 1981 to 1985
  2. Virginia By-Product 1985 to 1988
  3. B & W Construction Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1990 7 25,556
1989 10 70,399
1988 10 116,048
1987 0
1986 0
1985 10 30,394
1984 14 9,719
1983 22 41,409
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

#2 Mine 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

4 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

November 8, 1989 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
B & W Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WINDSHIELD CRACKED, SIDE WINDOW OPEN. WHEN OPERATOR LET TRUCK BED DOWN A FORIEGN OBJECT ENTERED THE RIGHT EYE.

September 12, 1989 VA · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
B & W Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DRILL.HE REACHED TO MOVE DRILL STEEL,STEEL FLEW BACK AND HIT HIS HAND.

1986 · 1 incident

June 4, 1986 VA · Coal MACHINERY
Virginia By-Product · Struck by flying object

I.NAME WAS CLIM6ING THE LADDER ON THE HYDRA SEEDER AS HE CLEARED THE TOP HE WAS STRUCK BY SPRAY FROM THE SEEDING NOZZLE RESULTING IN FORIEGN PARTICLES IN EYES

1983 · 1 incident

July 20, 1983 VA · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Virginia By-Products · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE OPERATOR WAS PUTTING PIN IN DRILL STEEL TO LET DOWN IN PLACE. DID NOT REMOVE HAND CAUGHT TWO MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND. NO BONES BROKING.