Mining Incidents

Dominion No 20: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Dominion Coal Corporation · Underground
Whitewood, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405386

MSHA record for Dominion No 20 (mine ID 4405386). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1984–1992
Latest incident
Dec 1992
Ownership history
  1. Alfred Whited Coal Company Inc 1980 to 1988
  2. T C & W Inc 1988 to 1988
  3. Jewell Smokeless Coal Corp 1988 to 1990
  4. Cripple Creek Contractors Inc 1990 to 1992
  5. Mackie J Coal Company Inc 1992 to 1993
  6. Dominion Coal Corporation 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Dominion No 20 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

9 on file

1992 · 2 incidents

December 9, 1992 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mackie J Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL AT SURVEY STATION 028. THE ROOF FELL AT THE INTERSECITON IN #3 ENTRYAT THE ABOVE MENTIONED SURVEY STATION. T HE FALL OCCURRED AT A RIDER SEAM THAT WAS PRESENT IN THE MINE ROOF.

September 3, 1992 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mackie J Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MINER WAS IN #3 ENTRY FACE. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL LANDING ON MINER OPER. RT. HAND. HIS RT HAND WAS ON MINER CONTROLS.

1991 · 1 incident

1988 · 1 incident

1987 · 1 incident

1985 · 2 incidents

July 24, 1985 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Alfred Whited Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME HAD POSITIONED HIMSELF ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RAM CAR OBSERVING TIMBERING OPERATIONS IN THE LEFT CROSSCUT AND AS THE OPERATOR OF THE TRACTOR/RAM CAR BACKED UNDER THE LOADING BOOM OF TH E MINER, LOCATED IN THE HEADING HE RAN OVER BOTH I.NAMES FEET

1984 · 2 incidents

October 1, 1984 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Alfred Whited Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURRED ON AN OLD SECTION BREAK OUTBY SPAD NO.247 AND THE LAST OPEN CROSSCUT THE FALL WAS 20 FT WIDE BY 20 FT LONG BY 5 FT THICK THE FALL OCCURRED IN THE NO.5 HANDING.

June 8, 1984 VA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Alfred Whited Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE DID NOT KNOW OF ANY PARTICULAR INCIDENT WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED HIS KNEE TO SWELL.