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
No 1: 2 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4405890). 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
- Dec 1985
Ownership history
- J & L Coal Company 1982 to 1982
- G C S Coal Company 1982 to 1982
- B C Coal Company 1982 to 1984
- Little B Coal Company 1984 to 1984
- Bald Eagle Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1984
- Mott Coal Company 1984 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
2 on file1985 · 2 incidents
Mott Coal Company · Flash burns (electric)
INJURED WAS PULLING CUTTER CABLE UP AND SPLICE BLEW OUT AND BURNED HIS HAND ARM.