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Laurel Branch #10: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Pittston Company
Cleveland, Russell County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406656

Laurel Branch #10 has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1993.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1993–1994
Latest incident
Apr 1994
Ownership history
  1. Motivation Coal Company 1991 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)
1994 36 213,139
1993 48 447,280
1992 23 63,834
1991 43 108,459
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Laurel Branch #10 sits in Russell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.5% 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.
Russell County, Virginia · Population 25,635
4.5%
Mining share of county employment
$49,020
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

1994 · 2 incidents

April 26, 1994 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Motivation Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 4-26-94 EKMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DOZER AND WHILE BACKING UP, THE DOZER BACKED OVER A ROCK CAUSING THE BACK OF DOZER TO DROP ABOUT 1 FOOT. EMPLOYEE STATED HE FELT A JERK AND PAIN IN HIS SHOU LDER BUT DID NOT WANT TO GO TO THE DR. EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE DR ON 6-2-94 AND WAS OFF WORK UNTIL6-11-94. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO DR WITH PERSISTENT PAIN ANAD HAS BEEN OFF WORK SINCE 6-15-94. EM

January 15, 1994 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Motivation Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING HAULER AND GOING TO DUMP AREA WITH A LOAD WHEN HE RAN INTO BERM, FLIPPED HAULER 3 TIMES AND CAME TO A STOP IN HOLLOW APPROX. 200 FT BELOW RAOD. EE WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH A PUNC TURED LUNG BRUISED RIBS AND FACIAL CUTS.

1993 · 3 incidents

November 2, 1993 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Motivation Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANIG WINDOW ON D-10 DOZER WHEN H SLIPPED AND FELL.

September 20, 1993 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Motivation Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TEMPOLOYEE WAS ENTERING HAULER AT BEGINNING OF SHIFT. HE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON DOOR HANDLE WITH HIS PALM TOWARD DOOR AND LITTLE FINGER ON TOP. EMPLOYEE CLOSED DOOR CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN DA SH AND DOOR HANDLE REQUIRING STITCHES.

May 18, 1993 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Motivation Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING IN A CONFINED SPACE INSTALLING TRANSMISSION HOSE ON HAULER ONE END OF HOSE WAS IN PLACE WHEN ATTACHING OTHER END OF HOSE HE PLACED IT IN POSITION WITH ONE CLAMP AND WHILE REACHI NG FOR OTHER CLAMP HOSE CAME LOOSE STRIKING EE OVER LEFT EYE REQUIRING TWO STITCHES.