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Virginia Queen: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Chisholm E Morris
Blackfork, Lawrence County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3303994

Virginia Queen has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Mar 1985
Ownership history
  1. Chisholm & Associates Mining Company 1984 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)
1986 0
1985 11 48,054
1984 21 27,240
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Virginia Queen sits in Lawrence County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Lawrence County, Ohio · Population 57,385
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$54,842
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

1985 · 1 incident

March 25, 1985 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Chisholm & Associates Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME WAS OPERATING BULLDOZER PUSHING PANS.HE BACKED DOZER UP NEAR EDGE OF BANK.HE WENT TOO FAR BACK AND DOZER OVERTURNED.