Mining Incidents

Deel Branch Mine No 2: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Yates Elzie
Harman, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406388

MSHA record for Deel Branch Mine No 2 (mine ID 4406388). 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
1988–1989
Latest incident
Feb 1989
Ownership history
  1. Continental Colony Corp 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Deel Branch Mine No 2 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 · 3 incidents

February 1, 1989 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Continental Colony Corp · Struck against a moving object

OPER DOZER WNT OVER HUMP AND BACK END OF DOZER DROPPED DOWN CAUSING HIM TO FLY UP AND STRIKE HIS HEAD AGAISNT TOP OF DOZER. HE WAS NOT USING HIS SEAT BELT THIS CAUSED NECK INJ.

January 27, 1989 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Continental Colony Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DOZER WAS PULLING UP TREES AND EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE FOR DOZER WHEN TREE GAVE WAY SUDDENLY AND BRANCH STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN BACK OF LEG.HE SAID HE DID NOT NEED YO GO TO DR.AND NEVER NOTIFIED ANYONE THAT HE HAD SEEN ONE.WE FOUND OUT AFTER RECEIVING BILL FROM PHYSICIAN 02-25-89.

January 19, 1989 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Continental Colony Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHECKING AND ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A BELT FROM A PULLEY WHEN PRY BAR SLIPPED FOULING THE LITTLE FINGER AND CAUSING LACERATION.

1988 · 3 incidents

November 14, 1988 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Continental Colony Corp · Struck by flying object

WAS ASSISTING CLEARING CREW WITH SOME TREES AND THE POWER SAW THREW SAWDUST IN HIS EYE

September 12, 1988 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Continental Colony Corp · Struck against a moving object

LOADER WENT IN BEHIND BACKDUMP TO LOAD BUCKET WITH OVERBURDEN. AS BACKING UP LOADER CAUGHT BUCKET ON BACK OF TRUCKBED.

March 21, 1988 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Continental Colony Corp · Struck by falling object

EMP STATED HE HAD CUT A TREE AND WHEN TREE WAS FFALLING IT STRUCK ANOTHER TREEE CASUING TREE TO KICKBACK ST RIKING EMP ON LEG