Mining Incidents

Mine No 2 Coal

B R D Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Billy Ray Dotson
Grundy, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406030

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1985–1990
Latest incident
Jul 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

July 19, 1990 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B R D Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MAKING BELT SPLICE STRAINED BACK

March 30, 1990 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
B R D Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RIDING TOWARD THE FACE WHEN UNDER MINER CABLE ANCAUGHT HIM ON ROW HIT OUT OF SCOOP DIPPER

1989 · 2 incidents

March 21, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B R D Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

GETTING PIECE OFF PINNER AND PIECE OF ROOFBOLT.ROCK HIT HIM IN LEG.

1988 · 2 incidents

November 3, 1988 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
B R D Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER A PIECE OF ROCK JAMMING HIS HEAD INTO THE ROOF

May 18, 1988 VA · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R & O Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE,MUST HAVE LIFTED IT WRONG WAY AND HURT BACK.EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL 05-20-88 AFTER WHICH TIME MINE CEASED OPERATION.

1986 · 1 incident

August 27, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
R & O Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF ROCK3FELL HIT MAN IN BACK.

1985 · 3 incidents

June 17, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Harman Brothers Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE ROOF BOLT IN TOP WHEN THE BOLT BENT & CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK.

January 16, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Harman Brothers Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS HANGING A PIECE OF LINE CURTAIN AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT AROUND A ROOF BOLT HITTING HIM ON THE HEAD AND CUT A SMALL PLACE IN IT.