Mining Incidents

No 1: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Deel Fork Mining Corp · Underground
Controlled by Pruitt Lora J
Harman, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404822

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4404822). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1986
Latest incident
Dec 1986
Ownership history
  1. O K Coal Company Inc 1977 to 1986
  2. Deel Fork Mining Corp 1986 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
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

4 on file

1986 · 2 incidents

December 12, 1986 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Deel Fork Mining Corp · Accident type, without injuries

PULLING PILLARS3AND THEY WERE ABOUT TO GO THOUGH WHEN MINE IDLED DUE TO LACK OF ORDERS.WHEN RETURNING TO WORK,FOUND #2 INTERSECTION FALLEN IN TRAPPING BOLTER AND CUTTING MACHINE.200'LONG X 20- 40'WIDE X 6-152HIGH.

September 10, 1986 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Deel Fork Mining Corp · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED WAS HEL1ING COUPLE UP WHEN FOOT WAS CAUGHT UNDER TRACTOR.

1984 · 2 incidents

January 11, 1984 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STRIKING OR BUMPING
O K Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE SAID HE BUMPED HEAD ON COAL TIPPLE