Mining Incidents

No 1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Rick Allen Coal Company · Underground
Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405651

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4405651). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Nov 1985
Ownership history
  1. Rick Allen Coal Company 1981 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

2 on file

1985 · 2 incidents

November 8, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Rick Allen Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE DRILLING 2IS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF DRILL STEEL.

October 7, 1985 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rick Allen Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHEN MOVING POWER I NAME HAND WAS TRAP BETWEEN THE TRANSFORMER AND THE HIGH VOLTAGE CAR.