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No 1: 14 reportable incidents Coal

Dynasty Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Danny Blankenship
Big Rock, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405040

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4405040). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1987–1993
Latest incident
Sep 1993
Ownership history
  1. Bounty Mining Corp 1978 to 1981
  2. Bounty Mining Corp 1981 to 1987
  3. Splashdam Coal Corp 1987 to 1987
  4. Splashdam Coal Corp 1987 to 1988
  5. Splashdam Coal Corp 1988 to 1988
  6. Good Times Mining Inc 1988 to 1989
  7. Good Times Mining 1989 to 1989
  8. Marlow Mining Company Inc 1989 to 1990
  9. Marlow Mining Company Inc 1990 to 1991
  10. Hollow Point Mining Inc 1991 to 1992
  11. Dynasty Coal Inc 1992 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

14 on file

1993 · 3 incidents

September 3, 1993 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dynasty Coal Inc · Accident type, without injuries

FALL OCCURRED IN 001 MAINS, NO. 7 ENTRY APPROX. 50 FT. LONG 20 FT WIDE AND 3 FT THICK. 1 BREAD INBY SPAD 823 ALSO NO. 4 ENTRY APPROX. 20 FT BY 20 30 IN THICK. ONE BREAK INBY 833 (9-7-93)

August 6, 1993 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dynasty Coal Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

MAN WAS PULLING MINER CABLE & PULLED MUSCLE.

1992 · 2 incidents

October 21, 1992 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Dynasty Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS DRIVING 3-WHEEL BUGGY WHEN HIS NECK BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN ROOF AND TOP OF BUGGY. HE SAID THE BUGGY RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE HAULWAY. THE EMPLOYEE WAS A FOREMAN AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT. HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT WITHOUT COMPLAINING. HE STATED AT END OF SHIFT HIS NECK HURT.

August 27, 1992 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dynasty Coal Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL FOUND DURING REOPENING INSPECTION BY MSHA. MINE HAD BEEN IDLE 1 YR. FALL OCCURRED IN #1 ENTRY NEAR SPAD 637 AND ADJACENT CROSSCUTS.TIMBERS AND CRIBS WILL BE INSTALLED AND SUPPORT

1990 · 1 incident

September 24, 1990 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Marlow Mining Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

RIDING MANTRIP RAISED UP IN TOP TURNED HIM OVER LANDED ON SELF RESCU. RIGHT SIDE INJ ON LOWER RIB CAGE

1988 · 7 incidents

June 3, 1988 VA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Splashdam Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRAVELING TO SURFACE ON A 3 WHEEL PERSONNEL CARRIER PERSONNEL CARRIER BECAME STUCK UP IN PROCESS THE PERSONAL CARRIER SLID OVER ON I.NAME KNEE HURTING SAID KNEE

May 5, 1988 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Splashdam Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS CRAWLING IN #J HEADING WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT KNEE

April 20, 1988 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Splashdam Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT FINGER WHILE CUTTING A PIECE OF BELT.

March 16, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Splashdam Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SAID EMPLOYEE WAS PINNING ROOF STEEL DRILL KEPT STOPPING UP SAID EMPLOYEE WAS LETTING THE STEEL TRYING TO UNSTOP SAID STEEL,WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY HIT HIS FINGER WITH HAMMER.

1987 · 1 incident

November 13, 1987 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Splashdam Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SAID EMP WAS TR2ING TO MOVE COVERING PANEL OF MINER WITH A BAR AND SAID EMP INJURED HIS BACK