Mining Incidents

Mine No 2 Coal

Controlled by Ernest E Varney
Whitewood, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406567

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
May 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

May 11, 1990 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Black Widow Collieries Ltd · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED MAN HAD PUT A SHOT OFF AND HIS SHOOTING CABLE WAS CAUGHT. WHILE TRYING TO PULL HIS CABLE FREE, THE RIB WHERE HE WAS STANDING ROLLED OVER ON HIS RIGHT LEG BREAKING HIS FEMUR BONE.