Mining Incidents

Mine No 1: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Lucky J Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Mack Stiltner
Hurley, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405351

Mine No 1 has had no fatalities among 9 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Oct 1985
Ownership history
  1. Hard Times Coal Company 1979 to 1982
  2. Tri-Della Mining Corp 1982 to 1983
  3. Lucky J Coal Company 1983 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)
1986 12 40,413
1985 15 66,129
1984 20 74,972
1983 21 46,257
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Mine No 1 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

9 on file

1985 · 2 incidents

October 15, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lucky J Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

JUST FELL OVER SAID BACK WAS HURTING AT THE TIME HE STATED HE DID NOT GET HURT HIS BACK JUST KICKED OUT

July 19, 1985 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lucky J Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

PILLAR FALL ON THE 14 CM JOY CONTINOUS MINING MACHINE NO ONE INJURED ROOF FALL WILL BE CLEANED UP PLAN POSTED TO RECOVER THE CONTINOUS MINING MACHINE

1983 · 7 incidents

June 17, 1983 VA · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Tri-Della Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PINNER HEAD RAISED UP AND CAUGHT ARM AGAINST TOP BROKE ARM AT WRIST ON LEFT HAND

April 14, 1983 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tri-Della Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP STUCK IN DRIFT HOOKED CHAIN FROM SCOOP TO MESCHER MOTOR AND PULLED SCOOP OUT BACKED MESCHER MOTOR UP TO DISCONNECT CHAIN MESCHER MOTOR ROLLED BACKWARD AND PIN LEG BETWEEN MESCHER MOTOR A ND SCOOP