Mining Incidents

Jewell No 18 Dock: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Sea B Mining Company · Facility
Controlled by Pittston Company
Jewell Ridge, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406456

MSHA record for Jewell No 18 Dock (mine ID 4406456). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Nov 1989
Ownership history
  1. Sea B Mining Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Jewell No 18 Dock 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

4 on file

1989 · 4 incidents

October 5, 1989 VA · Coal security guard, watchman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sea B Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL WAS PATROLING AGE AREA WHEN PICKETTER THREW AN ACIDIC FLUID IN FACE.

September 22, 1989 VA · Coal security guard, watchman POWERED HAULAGE
Sea B Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL WAS PASSENGER IN SECURITY VEHICLE WHEN IT HIT COAL TRUCK. TWO VEHICLES WERE ROUNDING CURVE TRAVELING APPROX 25-30 MILES PER HOUR WHEN DRIVER HIT BRAKES & SLID INTO COAL TRUCK.

September 22, 1989 VA · Coal security guard, watchman POWERED HAULAGE
Sea B Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL WAS DRIVING SECURITY VEHICLE & HIT COAL TRUCK. TWO VEHICLES WERE ROUNDING CURVE APPROX 25-30 MILES PER HOUR WHEN DRIVER HIT BRAKES & SLID INTO COAL TRUCK.