Mining Incidents

Dock #14: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Metinvest B V
Conaway, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4400693

MSHA record for Dock #14 (mine ID 4400693). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Sep 1986
Ownership history
  1. Crystal Coal Corp Inc 1950 to 1977
  2. Wellmore Coal Corp 1977 to 2012
  3. Wellmore Coal Company, LLC 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Dock #14 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

5 on file

1986 · 1 incident

September 12, 1986 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wellmore Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EE HAD CLEANED 7HE COAL CHUTE OUT AT THE #2 BELTLINE & WAS CLIMBING BACK DOWN WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON. THE ANGLE IRON BROKE CAUSING HIM TO FALL & HIT HIS BACK AGAINST THE CONCRETE WALL.3

1985 · 1 incident

February 5, 1985 VA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wellmore Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HOOKING UP A CHAIN HOIST TO THE BEAMS & THE CHAIN WAS TOO CLOSE TO A LIGHT WHEN HE PULLED ON T HE CHAIN IT MOVED & CAUSED THE LIGHT TO BREAK OFF & HIT HIM IN HIS M OUTH RESULTING IN LACERATION.

1984 · 2 incidents

March 7, 1984 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wellmore Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE ROCK FROM THE BELTLINE WHEN A ROCK ROLLED BACK AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE ROCK AND BELTLINE STRUCTURE RESULTING IN LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.

January 9, 1984 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wellmore Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS IN T HE PROCESS OF CUTTING NEW CABLE OFF OF THE CABLE SPOOL, WHEN HE CUT THE CABLE INTO IT STARTED TO RECOIL BACK ONTO THE SPOOL & STRUCK HIM ON THE NOSE RESULTING IN A BROKEN NOSE.

1983 · 1 incident

July 21, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Wellmore Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ENDLOADER, PUSHING COAL IN THE STOCK PILE. HE HAD THE DOORS OPEN BECAUSE THE AIR CONDITION WASNT WORKING AND THE WIND BLEW PARTICLES OF COAL DUST INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.