Mining Incidents

Mine No 4: 1 reportable incident Coal

Rhonda Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Samuel J Miller
Mavisdale, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4404030

MSHA record for Mine No 4 (mine ID 4404030). 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
1984
Latest incident
Feb 1984
Ownership history
  1. Rhonda Coal Company Inc 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine No 4 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

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

February 13, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rhonda Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHEN BOLT WAS TIGHTENED, IT LOOSENED THE JACK CAUSING IT TO FALL ON HIS FOOT