Mining Incidents

Bopar Dock: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Bolling Cecil W
Norton, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404279

MSHA record for Bopar Dock (mine ID 4404279). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1987–1989
Latest incident
Oct 1989
Ownership history
  1. Bopar Dock Company Corp 1976 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bopar Dock sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% 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.
Wise County, Virginia · Population 35,727
5.9%
Mining share of county employment
$50,740
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

October 5, 1989 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bopar Dock Company Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLATE BAR SLIPPED WHILE CLEARING SHAKER

1988 · 1 incident

1987 · 1 incident

June 12, 1987 VA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Bopar Dock Company Corp · Struck by flying object

HIT IN THE RT E2E WITH OBJECT COMING OUT OF CRUSHER