Mining Incidents

Mine No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Hurley, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406279

MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 4406279). 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
1986
Latest incident
Jul 1986
Ownership history
  1. Andy Trent Branch Coal Company 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

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident

July 28, 1986 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Andy Trent Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE SENT WORD HE3WAS GOING TO DOCTOR ON MORNING OF 7-29-86. HE INFORMED OPERATOR THAT HE HAD STRAINED VERTEBRAE ON 8-4-86 & WAS HURT ON JOB CARRYING A BAG OF ROCKDUST.