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Mine #1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

G & M Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Mitchell Harold L
Dante, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405715

Mine #1 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1986.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Apr 1987
Ownership history
  1. M M & S Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1985
  2. Marvel Mining Inc 1985 to 1987
  3. G & M Coal Company Inc 1987 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)
1988 23 16,954
1987 23 72,198
1986 20 25,991
1985 17 59,312
1984 18 39,156
1983 25 115,138
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Mine #1 sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1987 · 1 incident

April 13, 1987 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
G & M Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS HELP3NG ON ROOFBOLTING MACHINE AND AS HE STEPPED BACK HIS KNEE GAVE WAY CAUSING HIM TO FALL. VICTIM STATED LOOSE COAL AND BOTTOM ROCK ACTED TO CAUSE KNEE TO CREEL. INJURY WAS TO L EFT KNEE. VICTI4 COMPLETED SHIFT AND DECIDED NIEXT MORNING TO SEEK MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

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1986 · 1 incident

May 12, 1986 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marvel Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MAN WAS SHOVELI3G BELT AND TWISTED HIS BACK.