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Mine No 1: 4 reportable incidents Coal

K & K Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Kendrick Claude H Sr
Harman, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406139

MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 4406139). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1986
Latest incident
Jul 1986
Ownership history
  1. Bocephus Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1986
  2. K & K Coal Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

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

4 on file

1986 · 1 incident

July 30, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
K & K Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN OPER ROOF B2LT MACH CAUGHT LEFT THUMB BETWEEN HEAD & FRAME OF MACH CUT THUMB & FRACTURED THUMB

1985 · 2 incidents

June 4, 1985 VA · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bocephus Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS PUTTING A STIFF JACK ONT HE CUTTING MACHINE WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED ON WET BOTTOM CAUSING HIM TO FALL DOWN WITH THE JACK IN HIS HANDS. THE JACK WEIGHED 75#-80# & CAUSED THE INJURE D A RUPTURE ON THE LEFT SIDE.

1984 · 1 incident

December 17, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Bocephus Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE WAITING ON THE ROOF BOLTER TO DRILL A HOLE THE BOLTER HELPER PLACED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BOOM AND OIL TANK OF PINNER WHEN THE BOOM CAME DOWN IT CAUGHT HIS HAND MASHING IT BETWEEN OIL TAN K AND BOOM HAND WAS CUT REQUIRING STITCHES BUT BUT NO BONES WERE BROKEN