D/M Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION IN 3 ENTRY SLICK SIDES SLIP FELL PULLING BOLTS OUT WITH IT. AIRWAYS WERE NOT AFFECTED BY THE FALL.
Mine #1ine: 12 reportable incidents Coal
R E Lynn Coal Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Herbie Noel
Nora,
Dickenson County,
VA
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405664
MSHA record for Mine #1ine (mine ID 4405664). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 12
- Years on record
- 1983–1984
- Latest incident
- Sep 1984
Ownership history
- Coal Valley Mining Inc 1981 to 1982
- Little Marvel Coal Company Inc 1982 to 1983
- D/M Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1987
- R E Lynn Coal Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Mine #1ine sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
12 on file1984 · 6 incidents
D/M Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL IN RETURN 450\ INBY FROM APPROX 2000\ FROM FACE AREA THERE WERE NO INURIES
D/M Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A PIECE OF ROCK AROUND IN THE MINER BOOM TO GET IT STARTED ON THROUGH THE CONVEYOR CHAIN INSTEAD THE CHAIN TURNED THE ROCK UP ON ITS END CATCHING EMPLOYEES FINGERS AGAINST AGAINST THE TOP. THREE OF HIS FINGER WERE CUT & HIS INDEX FINGER WAS BROKEN.
January 27, 1984
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
D/M Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
BOLTER OPER. WAS IN NO.3 HEADING. HE HAD INSTALLED ALL THE BOLTS EXCEPT FOR THE LAST BOLT NEAR THE FACE. WHEN HE STARTED DRILLING THE HOLE FOR THE LOST BOLT. A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE (2\SQ.X2" GH THICK) FELL HITTING HIM ON ANKLE. X-RAYS SHOWED HIS FOOT TO BE BRUISED.
January 4, 1984
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
D/M Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR WAS BOLTING 5 HEADING HE HAD DRILLED A HOLE FOR A ROOF BOLT WHEN HE TURNED AROUND TO PICK UP THE ROOF BOLT A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT HITTING HIM ON THE BACK HE WAS SENT FOR XRAYS THEY SHOWED NO INJURY HE RETURNED TO WORK SAME DAY
January 2, 1984
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
D/M Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PINNER OPERATOR WAS CRAWLING BEDSIDE ROOF BOLTER HE TWISTED HIS KNEE, CAUSING FGLUID TO BUILD UP ON THE JOINT
1983 · 6 incidents
November 17, 1983
VA · Coal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
D/M Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
SECTION FOREMAN WAS CRAWLING TOWARD FACE AREA IN #3 HEADING WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW SLATE DISLOGED FROM THE ROOF, STRIKING HIM IN THE BACK.
October 27, 1983
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
D/M Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING BESIDE THER ROOF BOLTER WHILE OPERATOR WAS TRAMMING IT A PC OF ROCK FLIPPED FROM UNDER WHEEL STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE SIDE OF HIS FACE
October 24, 1983
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
D/M Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP WAS IN FACE AREA PREPARING TO BOLT A PLACE THAT HAD BEEN CLEANED UP WHEN HE LET THE STAB JACK DOWN ON THE BOLTER HE LET IT DOWN ON HIS FOOT CAUSING A BRUISE ON HIS FOOT
D/M Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WORKER WAS LIFTING BELT, SO OTHER WORKERS COULD INSTALL BELT ROLLERS, WHILE LIFTING THE BELT HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
D/M Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
MINE FOREMAN WAS IN AREA WHERE ROOF BOLTER WAS BOLTING TOP, HE WAS WALKING AROUNG CHECKING THE TOP & FELL FORWARD, WHENHE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS HAND HE BROKE HIS LEFT WRIST & 1 FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
D/M Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FELL IN INTERSECTION WHERE FULL RESIN BOLTS WERE BEING USED. LARGE SLIP IN THIS AREA FELL OUT. TRAVELWAYS OR AIRWAYS WERE NOT AFFECTED BY THIS FALL. ROOF FALL WAS INVESTIGATED BY GARY BAK ER OF MSHA\S NORTON OFFICE.