Mining Incidents

Mine #2: 5 reportable incidents Coal

J & J Coal Company Inc · Underground
Birchleaf, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405879

MSHA record for Mine #2 (mine ID 4405879). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Aug 1983
Ownership history
  1. J & J Coal Company Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine #2 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

5 on file

1983 · 5 incidents

July 14, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
J & J Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RIDING MANTRIP TO OUTSIDE WHEN THE SCOOP WENT THRU FLY CURTAIN, HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.