Shannon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING SLACK ON MINER CABLE WHEN HE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN IN AN AWKWARD POSTION, THEREFORE, STRAINING HIS BACK.
Dominion No 17: 6 reportable incidents Coal
Dominion Coal Corporation
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Controlled by
SunCoke Energy Incorporated
MSHA Mine ID: 4406177
MSHA record for Dominion No 17 (mine ID 4406177). 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
- 1986–1987
- Latest incident
- May 1987
Ownership history
- Shannon Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1989
- Dominion Coal Corporation 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Dominion No 17 sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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 file1987 · 4 incidents
March 17, 1987
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shannon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
ROOF JACK FELL 2FF PINNER.EMPL THREW BACK ON PINNER WHILE ON KNEES.FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
Shannon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMP WAS TRANSPO9TING TIMBERS ON SCOOP FROM OUTSIDE. WHEN HE WENT PAST A LOW SPOT IN M INE, TIMBERS WERE PULLED OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET. HE GOT OFF TO LOAD TIMBERS BACK ON SCOOP AND PULLED A MUSCL E IN HIS BACK 3
Shannon Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
INJ WAS GETTING3OUT OF SCOOP DECK AND BUMPED NBIHIS KNEE ON 2-13-87, HOWEVER HE HAD COMPLAINED OF SWELLING AND TENDERNESS PRIOR TO THIS DATE. HE HAD TO HAVE FLUID DRAWN OFF KNEE
1986 · 2 incidents
Shannon Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
HE WAS OPERATIN1 A SCOOP AND RAN OVER A ROCK, HURTING HIS BACK.
Shannon Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS IN3A STANDING POSTION, REACHED IN SUPPLY HOUSE TO LIFT ANS OF OIL INTO SCOOP, TURNED AROUND IN A STRAINED POSTION HURTING HIS BACK.