Mining Incidents

Monarch No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Monarch Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Roger Raymond Baldwin
Honaker, Russell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4401216

MSHA record for Monarch No 1 (mine ID 4401216). 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
1983
Latest incident
May 1983
Ownership history
  1. Cleo Brown Coal Company 1950 to 1977
  2. Double O & C Coal Company Inc 1977 to 1977
  3. B & H Coal Company Inc 1977 to 1978
  4. J & R Coal Company Inc 1978 to 1978
  5. C C Coal Company 1978 to 1982
  6. Traten Coal Company Inc 1982 to 1983
  7. Northern Mineral Inc 1983 to 1984
  8. Tonya Lynn Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1985
  9. Monarch Coal Company Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Monarch No 1 sits in Russell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.5% 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.
Russell County, Virginia · Population 25,635
4.5%
Mining share of county employment
$49,020
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

1983 · 1 incident

May 31, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Northern Mineral Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL FROM ROOF BETWEEN TEMPORARY ROOF SUPPORT HITTING VICTIM TOP OF SHOULDERS.