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No 1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Mott Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Deel Mattie
Davenport, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405890

No 1 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Dec 1985
Ownership history
  1. J & L Coal Company 1982 to 1982
  2. G C S Coal Company 1982 to 1982
  3. B C Coal Company 1982 to 1984
  4. Little B Coal Company 1984 to 1984
  5. Bald Eagle Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1984
  6. Mott Coal Company 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1986 6 10,563
1985 8 8,410
1984 5 2,665
1983 6 12,174
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

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

December 2, 1985 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mott Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP OPERATORS3COVERALLS WERE CAUGHT BY A ROOF BOLT IN THE ROOF OF THE MINES AND PULLED THE OPERATOR ON TOP OF THE SCOOP

September 13, 1985 VA · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator ELECTRICAL
Mott Coal Company · Flash burns (electric)

INJURED WAS PULLING CUTTER CABLE UP AND SPLICE BLEW OUT AND BURNED HIS HAND ARM.