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Mine No 3: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Lick Branch Mining Corp · Underground
Controlled by Justus Donald
Whitewood, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406607

Mine No 3 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1991.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Nov 1991
Ownership history
  1. Lick Branch Mining Corp 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1993 15 33,779
1992 19 41,528
1991 18 131,696
1990 11 22,358
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Mine No 3 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

3 on file

1991 · 3 incidents

November 15, 1991 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lick Branch Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GOT OFF SHUTTLE CAR TO RELIEVE HIMSELF, HE LEFT SHUTTLE CAR RUNNING AND DID NOT ACTIVATE PARKING BRAKE. SHUTTLE CAR CREEPED INTO HIM WHILE HIS BACK WAS TURNED PINNING HIM AGAINST RIB . NO BONES WERE BROKE WAS BRUISED ABOUT HIPS, LOWER BACK AND SHOULDERS.

January 16, 1991 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Lick Branch Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

VICTIM WALKING BESIDE ROOF BOLTER, PIECE OF ROCK APPROXIMATLY 3 1/2' LONG, 15" WIDE, 2" TO 0" THICK FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING VICTIM IN LOWER LEFT PORTION OF BACK CAUSING DISC TO COME O UT.