K & V Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROCK FALL WAS F2UND IN RETURN 20 FT OUTBY SPAD 166 APPROX 40 FT LONG 5 FT HIGH 16 FT WIDE
Mine No 7: 3 reportable incidents Coal
K & V Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Kyle Lawrence
Stacy,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406378
MSHA record for Mine No 7 (mine ID 4406378). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1987
- Latest incident
- Aug 1987
Ownership history
- K & V Coal Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Mine No 7 sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% of county employment.
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
3 on file1987 · 3 incidents
August 17, 1987
VA · Coal
roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K & V Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I NAME PULLED M6SCLE IN BACK WHILE BENDING ROF BOLTS
K & V Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object
I NAME GOT A PI9CE OF COAL IN H IS EYE