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Coon Branch: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Banner Company · Underground
Controlled by Metinvest B V
Nora, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406590

MSHA record for Coon Branch (mine ID 4406590). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Nov 1990
Ownership history
  1. Coon Branch Coal Company 1990 to 2001
  2. Banner Company 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Coon Branch 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

2 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

November 5, 1990 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Coon Branch Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

A UNDETECTABLE SLIP IN ROOF, NO DAMAGE, ABANDON AREA. FELL OVER THE WEEKEND, NO ONE WAS WORKING, THE FALL WAS FOUND ON PRESHIFT RUN 11-15-90-6:15AM.