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Horn #2 Strip #16: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Edward Horn
Grundy, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406358

Horn #2 Strip #16 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1987–1995
Latest incident
Dec 1995
Ownership history
  1. Wellmore Coal Corp 1987 to 1988
  2. Horn Construction Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1997 0
1996 9 64,289
1995 15 118,844
1994 17 112,149
1993 18 154,001
1992 14 128,098
1991 20 122,150
1990 9 80,711
1989 8 79,569
1988 15 82,281
1987 23 86,865
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Horn #2 Strip #16 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

3 on file

1995 · 1 incident

December 7, 1995 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Horn Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DECENDING LADDER ON LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED. HE BROKE HIS TALK WITH HIS HAND ON THE GROUND.

1994 · 1 incident

April 13, 1994 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Horn Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER FOR REPAIRS WHEN THE HANDLE BROKE, STRIKING BREEDEN ON THE LEFT FOREARM.

1987 · 1 incident

April 13, 1987 VA · Coal coal strip operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wellmore Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING A TREE DOWN THE TREE STARTED TO FALL BACK TOWARD THE SAS & HE PULLED IT OUT & IT HIT HIS LEFT KNEE RESULT ING IN LACERATION THAT REQUIRED FOUR SUTURES