Mining Incidents

Mine No 25: 17 reportable incidents Coal

Dominion Coal Corporation · Underground
Grundy, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405923

MSHA record for Mine No 25 (mine ID 4405923). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1985–1997
Latest incident
Nov 1997
Ownership history
  1. Double B Mining Company Inc 1982 to 1984
  2. Double B Mining Inc 1984 to 1991
  3. Dominion Coal Corporation 1991 to present
  4. Rat Contractors Inc 1992 to 1993
  5. Key West Mining Inc 1993 to 1996
  6. Rat Contractors Inc 1997 to 1998
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 25 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

17 on file

1997 · 1 incident

November 1, 1997 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Rat Contractors Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GPF-WORKED IN COAL MINES FOR 25 + YEARS.

1995 · 2 incidents

May 11, 1995 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Key West Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING BELT HURT BACK.

1992 · 3 incidents

August 27, 1992 VA · Coal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dominion Coal Corporation · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WORKING ON ROCK FALL. SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF ROCK AND FELL ON MY LEFT LEG AND KNEE.

1990 · 2 incidents

September 4, 1990 VA · Coal superintendent DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Double B Mining Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS WITH DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS.

July 23, 1990 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double B Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING BELT AND HURT BACK.

1989 · 3 incidents

August 25, 1989 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Double B Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SCOOP CAUGHT BELT ROPE FLIPPED MAN OVER BACK INJURY

August 5, 1989 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Double B Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS GOING TO MOVE SCOOP OUT OF ROADWAY LET BREAK OFF SCOOP ROLLED & CAUGHT HIM AGAINST SIDE OF DECK

1988 · 1 incident

May 20, 1988 VA · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Double B Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

WORKER- WORKING ON SPROCKET, HIT WITH HAMMER. PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF HIT WORKER IN LEFT EYE.

1987 · 3 incidents

August 4, 1987 VA · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator ELECTRICAL
Double B Mining Inc · Contact with electrical current

BURNT HAND ON H2T BATTERYS

May 8, 1987 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Double B Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

ROPE TO CONTINU2US MINER BROKE THROWING FOREIN PARTICAL STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN LEFT EYE.CUTTING EYE.

February 13, 1987 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Double B Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SPRAINED LEFT S2OULDER ROOF BOLTING

1986 · 1 incident

January 24, 1986 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double B Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LIFTING UP BLET3TO BACK UP ROLLER.

1985 · 1 incident

March 30, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Double B Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TURN BOLTER ON BEFORE RELEASING LOWER AND PUSHED EMPLOYEE UNDER SCOPE.