No 1 Coal
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4404443). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- Virginian Coal Company 1976 to 1976
- Davis & Whited Coal Company Inc 1976 to 1979
- B & K Coal Company 1979 to 1979
- D & V Coal Company 1979 to 1980
- Hope Mining Company Inc 1980 to 1981
- P & L Coal Company 1981 to 1981
- Horton & Spencer Coal Company 1981 to 1984
- Worm Coal Company Corp 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 1 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 reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.