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Lester Loadout: 1 reportable incident Coal

Race Fork Coal Corp · Facility
Hurley, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4403255

MSHA record for Lester Loadout (mine ID 4403255). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Jul 1990
Ownership history
  1. Race Fork Coal Corp 1950 to 1989
  2. Race Fork Coal Corp 1989 to 1996
  3. Race Fork Coal Corp 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Lester Loadout 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

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

July 12, 1990 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS DROPPING OUT RAILROAD CARS AT LOADOUT FACILITY. WHILE TIGHTENING BRAKE ON CARS EMPL PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK ON LEFT SIDE. EMPL DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL MONDAY 7/17 THIS WAS ALSO FIR ST DAY HE MISSED WORK.