Hunt'S Fork Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
MINER CUT INTO OLD WORKS AND MINES WAS FLOODED.
Mine No 1: 11 reportable incidents Coal
Race Fork Coal Corp
· Underground
Controlled by
Alliance Resource Partners LP
Hurley,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406630
MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 4406630). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Years on record
- 1993–1996
- Latest incident
- Aug 1996
Ownership history
- Good Times Mining Inc 1991 to 1991
- J & M Leasing Inc 1991 to 1993
- M P & M Coal Company Inc 1993 to 1995
- Double H Coal Company Inc 1995 to 1996
- Hunt'S Fork Mining Inc 1996 to 1996
- Race Fork Coal Corp 1996 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
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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.
Reportable incidents
11 on file1996 · 1 incident
1995 · 3 incidents
Double H Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE AND EE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE WHEN EE HAD A BACK STRAIN.
February 25, 1995
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Double H Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE, A ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR, WAS BOLTING TOP. A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK ABOUT 3" OR 4" THICK X 4' X 4' WIDE [FELL] & HURT HIS BACK.
January 16, 1995
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M P & M Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE ROOF BOLKER OPERATOR WAS CARRING A ARM FULL OF ROOF BOLT'S TO FRONT OF ROOF BOLTER TURN TO THROW THEM TO WAIDS FRONT 2 TWISTED BCK.
1994 · 6 incidents
December 2, 1994
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
M P & M Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING ROOF BOLTER PUT DRILL STEEL AGAINST TOP, PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON ARM. HAD CUT ON ARM.
M P & M Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
HE WAS RIDING IN SCOOP BUCKET MANTRIP WHEN OPERATOR HIT HOLE AND BUCKET HIT HARD.
November 11, 1994
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
M P & M Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS RUNNING DRILL ON BOTL MACHINE WHEN HIS CLOTH GLOVE GOT CAUGHT ON THE HEAD OF HTE BOLT WHEN HE STARTED TURNING HIS GLUE BOLT.
November 7, 1994
VA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M P & M Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
HE WAS LIFTING TRUCK AXLE AND HURT HIS BACK.
M P & M Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object
EE WAS HANGING THE PINNER CABLE THE OPERATOR WAS TRAMMING PINNER PAST HIM HITTING HIM ON BOTH LEGS
M P & M Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS WHILE OPERATOR WAS CUTTING COAL.
1993 · 1 incident
M P & M Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object
CHAIN RUNNING ON MINER AND A MINER BIT THREW OUT OF CHAIN HITTING INJURED IN THE MOUTH.