Mining Incidents

Hokie Mining #2: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Banner Company · Surface
Controlled by Metinvest B V
Nora, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406688

MSHA record for Hokie Mining #2 (mine ID 4406688). 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
1993–1997
Latest incident
Dec 1997
Ownership history
  1. Banner Company 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hokie Mining #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

5 on file

1997 · 2 incidents

December 12, 1997 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Banner Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHAKEN UP WHEN LOAD SHIFTED IN TRUCK WHILE HE WAS RAISING BED.

January 27, 1997 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Banner Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GPF-GRACE PERIOD FILING FOR BLACK LUNG CLAIM.

1996 · 2 incidents

September 3, 1996 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Banner Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVER WAS EXITING HAULTER AND SLIPPED ON LADDER.

March 19, 1996 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Banner Company · Struck against a moving object

LARGE ROCK ROLLED INTO TRUCK CAUSING IMPACT THAT HARRED DRIVER INTO DRIVER DOOR.

1993 · 1 incident