Mining Incidents

No 1: 4 reportable incidents Coal

S & D Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Street Claude
Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405811

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4405811). 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
1984–1988
Latest incident
Sep 1988
Ownership history
  1. S & D Coal Company Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 sits in Tazewell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
Tazewell County, Virginia · Population 39,933
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$45,788
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

1988 · 2 incidents

August 19, 1988 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
S & D Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE MAN HAD JUST WENT IN. HIS JOB WAS TO TAKE CARE OF BELT DRIVE. HE SIT DOWN BESIDE A RIB AND 2 LUMP OF COAL FELL OFF THE RIB AND HIT HIM ON THE SHOULDER.

1987 · 1 incident

September 4, 1987 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
S & D Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

THE FEEDER ON S9CTION WAS GOBBED OFF. SECTION BOSS CUT CONVEYOR CHAIN OFF FOT INSIDE TO CLEAN COAL OUT. SCOOP CAME IN WITH BUCKET UP & CAUGHT HIM.

1984 · 1 incident