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Jim Belcher Fork #1 Strip: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Steven R Mullins
Conaway, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406837

MSHA record for Jim Belcher Fork #1 Strip (mine ID 4406837). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1996–1997
Latest incident
May 1997
Ownership history
  1. Cumberland Mountain Mining Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Jim Belcher Fork #1 Strip 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

1997 · 2 incidents

May 13, 1997 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cumberland Mountain Mining Inc · Fall from machine

THE OEPRATOR EE STARTED UP THE LADDER TO GET ON THE MACHINE HIS FOOT SLIPPED, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL. IT HAD BEEN RAINING.

April 22, 1997 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Cumberland Mountain Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING 777 TRUCKS, THE OPERATOR OF THE 992 LOADER BACKED THE LOADER INTO A ROCK.

1996 · 1 incident

June 18, 1996 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cumberland Mountain Mining Inc · Fall onto or against objects

MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON THE A/C. OPERATOR WAS HELPING HIM. HE SAID THAT HE STEPPED DOWN ON WALKWAY OUTSIDE OF DOOR ON RIGHT SIDE OF CAB WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT SIDE ON COVE R OVER HEAD LIGHT.