Red Oak Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries
NON INTENTIONAL ROCKFALL ADJACENT TO CHECK 255 FALL WAS 100 FT. LONG 18 FT. WIDE.
No 1: 3 reportable incidents Coal
Red Oak Coal Corp
· Underground
Controlled by
Bill Nichols
Grundy,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405442
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4405442). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Mar 1983
Ownership history
- Q & G Coal Company Inc 1979 to 1980
- Red Oak Coal Corp 1980 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 fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1983 · 3 incidents
Red Oak Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries
NON-INTENTIONAL ROOF FALL INBY CHECK 249 IN NO.6ENTRY FALL WAS 30\ LONG 20\ WIDE AND 3\ THICK.
January 6, 1983
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Red Oak Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
DRAW ROCK WAS PRESENT AND DARRELL KELLY WAS PULLING IT DOWN WHEN IT FELL BREAKING HIS RT LEG AND PELVIS AND SOME INTERNAL INJURIES