Mining Incidents

No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Brookie Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Keene Jack R
Whitewood, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4404922

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4404922). 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
Nov 1984
Ownership history
  1. Fair Day Coal Company Inc 1977 to 1979
  2. Cloverleaf Mining Company Inc 1979 to 1980
  3. Dyna Carb Coal Company Inc 1980 to 1981
  4. Colorado Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1981
  5. Colorado Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1983
  6. Little D Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1986
  7. Brookie Coal Company Inc 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

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

November 5, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Little D Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER IN #3 HEADING WHEN HE BUMPED HIS KNEE AGAINST BOLTER.