Mining Incidents

#3 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Lynn K Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Compton William
Nora, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406020

MSHA record for #3 Mine (mine ID 4406020). 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
1984–1986
Latest incident
Jan 1986
Ownership history
  1. Lynn K Coal Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#3 Mine 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

2 on file

1986 · 1 incident

1984 · 1 incident

April 30, 1984 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lynn K Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL FELL ON CONTINIOUS MINER THE B WING OF THE A SPLIT WAS BEING PUSHED OOF 42 FEET AND CONTROLS OF MINER WAS 22 FEET INBY ROOF BOLTS A LARGE SLIP FELL ON MINER NO ONE W WAS INJURED