Beck-Tawn Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL IN A INTERSECTION FELL ON BELT LINE.
Berea Mine: 12 reportable incidents Coal
Banner Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Metinvest B V
Nora,
Dickenson County,
VA
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405184
MSHA record for Berea Mine (mine ID 4405184). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 12
- Years on record
- 1984–1989
- Latest incident
- Aug 1989
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
1
inspections on record
5
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 5 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
- Lewis Coal Company 1979 to 1979
- Mack Coal Company Inc 1979 to 1986
- R-1 Coal Company Inc 1986 to 1988
- Brink Mining Inc 1988 to 1989
- Beck-Tawn Coal Company Inc 1989 to 1990
- Brea Coal Inc 1990 to 1991
- Brushy Creel Coal Company 1991 to 2008
- Banner Company 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Berea Mine sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
12 on file1989 · 3 incidents
Beck-Tawn Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
WATER BROKE IN ON SECTION SOMETIME BETWEEN 4:00PM 7/11/89 AND 6:00AM 7/12/89. MINER 2 SHUTTLE CARS AND FEEDER WERE UNDER WATER.
July 8, 1989
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Beck-Tawn Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
A ROCK 54" LONG 29" WIDE 4 TO 5" THICK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS ON CORNER IN #2 HEADING AND STRUCK THE MINER HELPER ON THE RIGHT BY AND BRUISED HIS ANKLE AND FOOT.
1988 · 1 incident
October 18, 1988
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Brink Mining Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING DOWN A PIECE OF ROCK WITH A SLATE BAR AND IT FELL ON HIM.
1987 · 1 incident
R-1 Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPL HELPING PI3 TOP WHEN ROCK FELL ON HIM.
1986 · 6 incidents
R-1 Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMP WAS NEAR RO2F BOLTER WHEN A ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT HIM
R-1 Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS HELPING 9EMOVE A POWER ROLLER WHEN IT SLIPPED & CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN ROLLER & RATCHET.
Mack Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON MINER WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE FELL FROM TOP AND HIT HIM.
Mack Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMP WAS BEHIND 4INER, TURNED TO LOOK BACK AT TRACTOR, MINER BACKED UP ABOUT TWO FEET AND CAUGHT HIM BETWEEN MINER AND RIB
Mack Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
DRIVING TRACTOR3UNDERGROUND THE RIB ROLLED AND INJURED EMPLOYEE DOCTOR REPORTED THAT INJURIES WERE BRUISES ANDS PULLED MUSCLES
April 25, 1986
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Mack Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
SLUGGY TOP DRAW3ROCK FELL
1984 · 1 incident
Mack Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROCK DETERIORATION OVER YEARS. ROCK FELL OUT.