4 R C Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL RETURN AIR COURSES MOISTURE & WET TIMBERED ALL ENTRIES AROUND FALL. NEAR CHECK SPAD NO. 25 NO.3 ENTRY APPROX. 400 FT FROM SURFACE.
Mine #3: 1 reportable incident Coal
4 R C Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Breeding Claud G & Jimmy Rasnake
MSHA Mine ID: 4405106
MSHA record for Mine #3 (mine ID 4405106). 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
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Mar 1983
Ownership history
- Big Fox Coal Company Inc 1978 to 1981
- 4 R C Coal Company Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Mine #3 sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.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.