Mining Incidents

Mine No 11: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Blankenship Ray
Dante, Russell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405840

MSHA record for Mine No 11 (mine ID 4405840). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Mar 1983
Ownership history
  1. Bob'S Branch Coal Company Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 11 sits in Russell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.5% 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.
Russell County, Virginia · Population 25,635
4.5%
Mining share of county employment
$49,020
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1983 · 2 incidents

March 2, 1983 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bob'S Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BACKING UP THRU CHECK CURTAIN NOT OBSERVING HEIGHTS CURTAIN PULLED OPERATOR AGAINST SCOOP & TOP.