Mining Incidents

Ba #3: 16 reportable incidents Coal

Koch Carbon Inc · Underground
Controlled by Koch Industries Inc
Rowe, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406081

MSHA record for Ba #3 (mine ID 4406081). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1984–1991
Latest incident
Jul 1991
Ownership history
  1. Sapphire Mining Inc 1984 to 1985
  2. S & L Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1985
  3. S & L Mining Inc 1985 to 1986
  4. Alfred Whited Coal Company Inc 1986 to 1986
  5. Lowe Coal Company Inc 1986 to 1986
  6. J & J Mining Inc 1986 to 1990
  7. Delta Coal Company 1990 to 1991
  8. Baldwin Coal Company Inc 1991 to 1992
  9. Koch Carbon Inc 1992 to present
  10. Blackstone Mining Inc 1992 to 1993
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ba #3 sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
Buchanan County, Virginia · Population 19,857
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,216
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

July 19, 1991 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Baldwin Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

OUT-RIGGER ON SUPPLY TRUCK HIT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT.

June 20, 1991 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Baldwin Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL SAID HE BUMPED HEAD ON MINE ROOF. THERE WAS NO WITNESSES.

1989 · 3 incidents

September 26, 1989 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
J & J Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL 50 FOOT LONG, 20 FOOT WIDE, AND APPROX. 8 FOOT THICK OCCURRED ON THE NO.1 BELT CONVEYOR APPROX. 60 FOOT INBY SURVEY STATION NO.676.

January 28, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
J & J Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

I,NAME WAS IN SCOOP BUCKET-SCOOP OPERATOR STARTED SCOOP & WENT FORWARD INSTEAD OF REVERSE. SCOOP THEN PICKED UP SUPPLIES & RAN INTO ROOF BOLTER. I,NAME WAS BRUISED UP.

January 28, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
J & J Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

I,NAME WAS IN SCOOP BUCKET & SCOOP OPERATOR STARTED SCOOP IT LEAPED FORWARD INSTEAD OF GOING BACKWARD, IT THEN SCOOPED UP SOME SUPPLIES & RAN INTO THE ROOF BOLTER BRUISING I,NAME.

1986 · 1 incident

December 2, 1986 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
J & J Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS CUTTING3COAL WITH 14-3 CM JOY AND THE MINE ROOF FELL ON THE MACHINE

1985 · 2 incidents

July 10, 1985 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
S & L Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS USING JACK TO LEVEL BELT ROLLERS JACK KICKED OUT STRIKING EMP ON KNEE

January 10, 1985 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sapphire Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THREW CABLE OFF MINER, PUSHING MINER CABLE WITH KNEES AND HIT KNEE.

1984 · 8 incidents

October 12, 1984 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sapphire Mining Inc · Fall onto or against objects

TORE SPEED REDUCER OUT OF MINER BRUISED RIBS SLIPPED AND HIT RIBS

September 7, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) ELECTRICAL
Sapphire Mining Inc · Contact with electrical current

TREE OF LEADS GOING TO MOTOR ON ROOF BOLTER GOT GROUNDED CAUSING OPERATOR TO RECEIVE ELECTRICAL SHOCK.

September 3, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) ELECTRICAL
Sapphire Mining Inc · Contact with electrical current

ELECTRIC CURRENT ON MACHINE AND GROUND FAUL TO OPERATE PROPERTY CAUSING ELECTRI SHOCK.

August 15, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) STRIKING OR BUMPING
Sapphire Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

VICTIM WAS TRAVELING AROUND MACHINE WHEN HE BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON RIB

August 7, 1984 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Sapphire Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM HIT AN OFFSET IN BOTTOM WHILE RUNNING S&S TRACTOR BRUSING RIBS.