Mine No 2: 10 reportable incidents Coal

B R D Coal Company Inc · Underground

Controlled by Billy Ray Dotson

Grundy, Buchanan County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4406030

MSHA record for Mine No 2 (mine ID 4406030). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 10
Years on record: 1985–1990
Latest incident: Jul 1990

Ownership history

Permac Inc 1984 to 1984
Harman Brothers Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1985
R & O Coal Company Inc 1985 to 1988
B R D Coal Company Inc 1988 to present

Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

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

10 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

July 19, 1990 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

B R D Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MAKING BELT SPLICE STRAINED BACK

March 30, 1990 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE

B R D Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RIDING TOWARD THE FACE WHEN UNDER MINER CABLE ANCAUGHT HIM ON ROW HIT OUT OF SCOOP DIPPER

1989 · 2 incidents

March 21, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

B R D Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

GETTING PIECE OFF PINNER AND PIECE OF ROOFBOLT.ROCK HIT HIM IN LEG.

February 28, 1989 VA · Coal scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

B R D Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

I.NAME RIDING IN SCOOP WAITING TO LOAD,PIECE FELL HIT HIM ON SHOULDER.

1988 · 2 incidents

November 3, 1988 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE

B R D Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I.NAME WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN HE RAN OVER A PIECE OF ROCK JAMMING HIS HEAD INTO THE ROOF

May 18, 1988 VA · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

R & O Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE,MUST HAVE LIFTED IT WRONG WAY AND HURT BACK.EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL 05-20-88 AFTER WHICH TIME MINE CEASED OPERATION.

1986 · 1 incident

August 27, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY

R & O Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF ROCK3FELL HIT MAN IN BACK.

1985 · 3 incidents

June 17, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

Harman Brothers Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE ROOF BOLT IN TOP WHEN THE BOLT BENT & CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK.

March 22, 1985 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Harman Brothers Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS HITTING MAN ON BACK.

January 16, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Harman Brothers Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS HANGING A PIECE OF LINE CURTAIN AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT AROUND A ROOF BOLT HITTING HIM ON THE HEAD AND CUT A SMALL PLACE IN IT.