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Clintwood Dock: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Harman Mining Corp · Facility
Harman, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4402715

MSHA record for Clintwood Dock (mine ID 4402715). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1986–1989
Latest incident
Aug 1989
Ownership history
  1. Harman Mining Corp 1950 to 1981
  2. Harman Mining Corp 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Clintwood Dock 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

6 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

August 12, 1989 VA · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harman Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS CARRYING 30 TO 40 LB BAGS OF COAL DOWN STEPS AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

April 7, 1989 VA · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harman Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS EMPTING COAL SAMPLE BAGS AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

1988 · 3 incidents

December 6, 1988 VA · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Harman Mining Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE A FROZEN GEAR ON A RAILROAD CAR HOIST WITH A BLOCK OF WOOD AND SLIPPED HITTING HIS AHND AND FRACTURED HIS THUMB.

August 3, 1988 VA · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Harman Mining Corp · Struck against stationary object

A WOODEN SUPPORT CAMED OFF OF A COAL TRAY AND HE STEPPED ON IT AND RAN A NAIL IN HIS FOOT.

March 9, 1988 VA · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harman Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING 55 GALLON CONTAINERS OF COAL AND STRAINED HIS ABCK IN THE PROCESS.

1986 · 1 incident

April 28, 1986 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Harman Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING OUT OF HI-LIFT AND SLIPPED, HE GRABBED THE HANDBAR TO HOLD ONTO AND PULLED HIS LEFT ELBOW.