Mining Incidents

No 1: 15 reportable incidents Coal

Earl Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Earl R Tester
Hurley, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406376

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4406376). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1987–1991
Latest incident
Mar 1991
Ownership history
  1. Earl Coal Company Inc 1987 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

15 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

March 5, 1991 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Earl Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEES WERE REMOVING RIPPER JACK AND REMOVED LID FROM MINER TO CHANGE JACK. DROPPED THE LID ON HIS KNEE.

1990 · 2 incidents

June 23, 1990 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Earl Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL LOCC BETWEEN NO 3 AND 2 ENTRY 37' LONG 10' WIDE 10' THICK SANDSTONE FELL BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAIN SEAMS 1' TO 10' WIDE CAUGHT CONTINUOUS MINER. NO ONE HURT.

1989 · 4 incidents

December 5, 1989 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Earl Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

BUILDING BRATTICE WALKED UP BEHIND MINER MINER OPER DIDNT KNOW HE WS THERE SWUNG THE MINER AROUND AND BUMPED HIM ON R HIP BURISEDD HIS HIP.

October 3, 1989 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Earl Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

TAKEN DOWN LINE BRATTICE IN NO 4 BELT ENTRY A JOY SHUTTLE CAR, LOADED WITH COAL TRAVELED 35 FT STRIKING VICTIM SERIOUS INJ

August 9, 1989 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Earl Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS, HIT HIS LEG. THE ROCK WAS ABOUT 3 FT., ABOUT 3 INCHES THICK.

January 17, 1989 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Earl Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

LAMINATED SANDSTONE SHELL TOP ALONG WITH 8'' COAL RIDER SEAM AT 7'.PRESSURE FROM PILLAR ARCH CONTRIBUTED TO FALL.

1988 · 4 incidents

April 21, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Earl Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER & GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN THE DRILL TWIST & BROKE LITTLE FINGER & WRIST

1987 · 3 incidents

October 8, 1987 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Earl Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS BUILDING3A FENCE TO GUARD THE BELT DRIVE AND WAS LIFTING A ROLL OF FENCING AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

August 27, 1987 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Earl Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS SP5ICING A CABLE USING A KNIFE AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND HIT HIM ON THE HAND.