Mining Incidents

D & L Coal Company Inc #2: 13 reportable incidents Coal

D & L Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Francisco Bonnie
Bee, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405396

MSHA record for D & L Coal Company Inc #2 (mine ID 4405396). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1983–1993
Latest incident
Apr 1993
Ownership history
  1. Apache Coal Company Inc 1980 to 1988
  2. D & L Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1991
  3. D & L Coal Company Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

D & L Coal Company Inc #2 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

13 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

April 1, 1993 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
D & L Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CLEANING OUT PAINNER HEAD HAD STOPED UP ROCK FALL BETWEEN T BAR AND LAST ROW OF BOLTS 3 BYE ROCK FELL TO BOTTOM AND THEN SLIPPED OVER ON THE BOTH LEGS CAUSING TO BRUISE LEFT LEG BAD ENO UGHT TO GO TO DR.

January 19, 1993 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
D & L Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AROUND BELT DRIVE WHEN A ROCK BOUNCED OFF BELT STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT HAND.

1992 · 2 incidents

September 28, 1992 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
D & L Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

DUE TO PRESSURE BEING PUT ON ROOF FROM SQUEEZING BOTTOM THE SHALE ROOF SEPARATED FROM SAND STONE IN A TRANSITION AREA CAUSING THE ROCK TO FALL ON THE INJURED MAN

September 13, 1992 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
D & L Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE INJURED MAN STATED THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE OPERATING A SHUTTLECAR WHEN THE WHEELS DROPPED INTO A HOLE IN THE HAULWAY.

1991 · 4 incidents

July 8, 1991 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D & L Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HE EITHER LOST HIS FOOTING OR HIS GRIPP ON THE STRUCTURE AND FELL AGAINST THE MINE FLOOR.

April 30, 1991 VA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D & L Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WERE TRYING TO BREAK A TRAM CHAIN ON THE FLETCHER PINNER TO INSTALL A NEW CHAIN A CHISEL THAT HAD BEEN DRIVEN BETWEEN A CHAIN STRAP LINK AND ROLLER LINK SUDDENLY DISLODGED FROM THE CHAIN FL EW INTO THE AIR AND STRUCK EE IN THE LEFT EYE CAUSING A SMALL CUT.

April 3, 1991 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
D & L Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

SHAFT TO THE #3 BELT DRIVE HEAD ROLLER BROKE ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROLLER I NAME WAS CUTTING THE BOLTRS HOLDING THE UNBROKEN SIDE OF THE SHAFT HE MISJUDGED WHEN THE ROLLER WOULD DROP & THE UNSECU RED ROLLER HIT HIS FOOT AS IT FELL

April 1, 1991 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D & L Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ONE SIDE OF THE BELT CLAMP UNFASTEN FROM THE ROPE & THE OTHER SIDE SLIPPED AS THE INJURED EMPLOYEE STARTED TO RELEASE THAT SIDE WHEN IT SLIPPED HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT & CUT IT REQUIRED THREE S TITCHES

1985 · 3 incidents

September 27, 1985 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Apache Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TAKEN A FLY DOWN IN THE 4 BREAK WITH HIS BOLT WRENCH AND USING THE PINNER HE STATED A BUR CAUGHT HIS GLOVE THEIR WAS NO BUR FOUND ON THE WRENCH.

July 26, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Apache Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS DRILLING COAL WHEN HE BACKED OUT THE COAL DRILL HE TRIPPED OVER A SMALL ROCK AND FELL BACK ON HIS HIP

July 10, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Apache Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS DRILLING COAL WITH A HAND HELD COAL DRILL HE STATED THAT HIS HAND SLIPPED AND THE HANDLE OF THE COAL DRILL HIT HIM ON THE JAW

1983 · 2 incidents

May 12, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Apache Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

SCALING ROCK WITH SLATE BAR IN #4 HEADING WHEN ROCK BROKE BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN LOWER BACK.