← Back to search

Dominion No 4 Coal

Dominion Coal Corporation · Underground

Controlled by SunCoke Energy Incorporated

Vansant, Buchanan County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4406417

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Dominion No 4.

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 9
Years on record: 1988–1991
Latest incident: Jan 1991

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2001

inspections on record

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

ⓘ

This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 3 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

ⓘ

Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1	0	0	0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

April 3, 1989 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Dominion Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object

A ROOF FALL IN SLIP FROM OCCURRED IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT OF THE NO. 7 HEADING WHICH RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES TO THE MINER HELPER THE FALL MEASURED APPROX 20'W 40'L 40- 45" IN THICKNESS AND BROKE INTO MANY SMALLER PIECES AND APPARENTLY WITHOUT WARNING THE FALL BEGAN AT THE RIB RIB OF THE NO. 7 HEADING AND FELL INTO THE NO. 6 RIGHT BREAK EMPL WAS PRONOUNCED D

Reportable incidents

8 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1991 · 1 incident

January 15, 1991 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Dominion Coal Corporation · Fall from machine

INSIDE RAILROAD CAR CLEANING COAL OUT OF IT, SLIPPED AND FELL TWISTED LEFT ANKLE CAUSING SPRAIN.

1990 · 1 incident

November 30, 1990 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Dominion Coal Corporation · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED IN BLEEDER ENTRY TWO BREAKS INBY SURVEY STA#592 & APPROX 1100FT FROM THE ACTIVE SECTION THE FALL OCCURRING IN AN INTERSECTION WAS APPROX 30FT-40FTLONG XZ18FT-20FTWIDEX12F T-14-THICK AREA HAD BEEN BOLTED WITH 74IN & 84INCONVENTIONAL ROOF BOLTS & HAD BEEN CRIBBED FALL WAS DISCOVERED DURING A WEEKLY EXAMINATION OF THE BLEEDER ENTRIES

1989 · 1 incident

April 3, 1989 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Dominion Coal Corporation · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL IN SLIP FORM OCCURRED IN THE INTERESECTION OF THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT OF THE NO.7 HEADING WHICH RESULTED IN THE ENTRAPMENT OF THE MINER OPERATOR FOR A PERIOD OF 85 MINUTES. THE FALL MEASURED APPROX. 20' WIDE, 40' LONG, AND 40"-45" IN THICKNESS AND BROKE INTO MANY SMALLER PIECES AND APPARENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE FALL BEGAN AT THE RIB OF THE NO.7 HEADING AND FELL INTO TH

1988 · 5 incidents

November 17, 1988 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Dominion Coal Corporation · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO HANG MINER CABLE BY PULL ROPE ONTO CONTINUOUS MINDER AS HE WAS CHANGING PLACES. WHEN HE PULLED ON ROPE HE PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

September 23, 1988 VA · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Dominion Coal Corporation · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING A 2/0 CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE TO THE MINE ROOF WHEN HE STRAINED HIS ABCK.EMPLOYWEE FINISHED THE SHIFT AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR AFTER THAT.EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOSE ANY TIME UNTIL 09-26-88.

August 16, 1988 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Dominion Coal Corporation · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TIMBERS INTO A SCOOP AS HE THREW A TIMBER FIVE FEET LONG AND 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER INTO THE SCOOP HE INJURED HIS BACK

February 5, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY

Dominion Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS PLACING BOLTER UP TPPUT IN 5TH BOLT IN FIRST ROW WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL & STRUCK HIS CAP WHICH CUT HIM ACRFOSS THE NOSE ROCK FELL FROM ALONG THE EDGE OF A ROLL ACROSS THE PLACE S THE PLACE

February 5, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Dominion Coal Corporation · Struck by falling object

INJURED HAD PUT IN 4TH BOLT IN 2ND ROW & BOLTER H ELPER WAS PLACING THE BOLTER UP TO PUT IN THE 5TH BOLT IN THE 1ST ROW WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL & STRUCK THE INJURED ON THE FOOT HE STATED HE CHECKED THE ROOF THE ROCK FELL FROM ALONG THE EDGE OF A ROLL ACROSS THE PLACE