Mining Incidents

Mine #6: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Perry Allen Whited
Mavisdale, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4404247

MSHA record for Mine #6 (mine ID 4404247). 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
1984–1986
Latest incident
Nov 1986
Ownership history
  1. H & S Coal Company Inc 1975 to 1978
  2. Richco Brothers Inc 1976 to 1977
  3. Davis & Whited Coal Company Inc 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine #6 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

5 on file

1986 · 3 incidents

November 13, 1986 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Davis & Whited Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS CLEANIN1 BELT WITH SHOVEL IN LOW TOP WHEN A BELT SPLICE CAUGHT THE SHOVEL THROWING IT BACK INTO HIS FACE CUTTING HIS FOREHEAD AND BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE

January 7, 1986 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Davis & Whited Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP HAD CAME OU7 SIDE TO SERVICE TRACTOR ABOUT 1 PM & HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO HELP OUTSIDE MAN UNTIL QUITING TIME 2:30 PM. HE WAS BENT OVER USING A PORTABLE GRINDER ON TAIL PIECE, WHEN AT APPRO X 2:20 PM ANOTH9R TRACTOR OPERATOR CAME OUT OF MINE & COMING TOO CLOSE TO MEN WORKING ON TAILPIECE MASHED MANS LEFT ANKLE BETWEEN TAILPIECE & TRACTOR

1984 · 2 incidents

August 28, 1984 VA · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Davis & Whited Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL DOWN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK WHICH FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT THIGH CAUSING A BRUISED MUSCLE