Mine No 2 Coal

Black Widow Collieries Ltd · Underground

Controlled by Ernest E Varney

Whitewood, Buchanan County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4406567

MSHA record for Mine No 2 (mine ID 4406567). 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: 1990
Latest incident: May 1990

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

May 11, 1990 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Black Widow Collieries Ltd · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED MAN HAD PUT A SHOT OFF AND HIS SHOOTING CABLE WAS CAUGHT. WHILE TRYING TO PULL HIS CABLE FREE, THE RIB WHERE HE WAS STANDING ROLLED OVER ON HIS RIGHT LEG BREAKING HIS FEMUR BONE.

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