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Banner Dock: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Pittston Company
Dante, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4403296

MSHA record for Banner Dock (mine ID 4403296). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
Mar 1990
Ownership history
  1. Clinchfield Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Banner Dock sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1990 · 1 incident

March 5, 1990 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clinchfield Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

REQUIRED FOR TRUCK DRIVER TO EXIT TRUCK & ENTER COAL BIN WITH GRATES FOR PURPOSE OF BREAKING LUMP COAL THROUGH GRATE WITH HAND HELD SLEDGEHAMMER. DRIVER MUST ATTACH SECURITY BELT & ROPE UPON E NTRANCE OF BIN. DRIVERS FOOT SLIPPED & ALLOWED DRIVER TO FALL INTO GRATE.

1989 · 2 incidents

November 27, 1989 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by flying object

RAILROAD CAR HCD RUNG UPON A TRACK SKID APPROX. 2". HE TOOK A SLEDGE HAMMER AND KNOCKED THE SKID FROM UNDER THE RAILROAD CAR WHEEL, WHEN THE SKID WAS HIT, IT FLEW OUT FROM UNDER THE WHEEL STRI KING HIM ON BOTH LEGS.

October 3, 1989 VA · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED HAD BEEN OPERATING BACK-HOE ON THE DOCK ROAD. HE GOT OFF OF THE BACK-HOLE TO PICK UP TRASH AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.