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No 1: 14 reportable incidents Coal

Valley River Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Shelton Roy F
Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406368

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4406368). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1989–1991
Latest incident
Jun 1991
Ownership history
  1. Jackson Coal Corp 1987 to 1988
  2. S & D Coal Company Inc 1988 to 1992
  3. Covenant Coal Corp 1992 to 1992
  4. Valley River Mining Inc 1992 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

14 on file

1991 · 1 incident

1990 · 5 incidents

October 3, 1990 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
S & D Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE SITTING N RIB SLAP OF ROCK FELL ON HEAD & SHOULDER.

August 10, 1990 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
S & D Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX. 15" X 30" X 2 1/2" FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING PINNER MAN ON LEFT SHOULDER AND RIGHT ARM.

March 5, 1990 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
S & D Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

NO ONE WAS INJURED IT WAS ROOF FALL ABOUT 20 BREAK OUTBY WORKING FACE SPAD #8318 IN #4 ENTRY IT HAS NO EFFECT ON AIR FLOW OR TRAVEL WAY. AREA HAS BEEN TIMBERED OFF & DANGER SIGNS PUT UP.

1989 · 8 incidents

October 25, 1989 VA · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & D Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

MOTOR ROLLED OFF INTO LAP THREW IT BACK AT THIS POINT BACK WAS HURT

October 23, 1989 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
S & D Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS LOADING COAL WITH A SCOOP. HE SAID HE HIT THE FACE THROWING HIM INTO THE RIB AND A LUMP OF COAL ROLLED ON HIS BACK. HE ALSO SAID HE GOT HURT AT THE FEEDER. HE LOADED A FEW LOADS OF COAL AFTER HE SAID HE GOT HURT.

September 27, 1989 VA · Coal scoop car operator MACHINERY
S & D Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

MINER WAS DRILLING HOLE IN THE ROOF, PUT HIS HAND ON THE PINNER HEAD, PIECE OF STEEL FELL FROM ROOF & HIT HIS FINGER. THE END OF HIS FINGER WAS BROKEN

April 10, 1989 VA · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & D Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS PULLING A TIMBER OUT OF A SCOOP LOAD OF CAOL AND MASHED THE END OF HIS FINGER.

March 14, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
S & D Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A CUTTER CHAIN, TRYING TO DRIVE A PIN INTO THE CHAIN WHEN A PIECE OF THE PIN CHIPPED OFF AND WENT INTO LEFT ARM BELOW THE ELBOW.