Mining Incidents

No 1 Auger: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Cheyenne Mining Corp
Hurley, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406102

MSHA record for No 1 Auger (mine ID 4406102). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1984–1987
Latest incident
Jan 1987
Ownership history
  1. Blackfoot Mining Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Auger 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

5 on file

1987 · 1 incident

January 29, 1987 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blackfoot Mining Inc · Fall onto or against objects

NARR REQ 2-24-87 I.NAME WALKING 7OWARD HIS EQUIPMENT TO START AM SHIFT WHEN HE FELL OVER A ROCK.GROUND WAS FROZEN AND SLIPPERY.

1986 · 1 incident

1985 · 2 incidents

November 11, 1985 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Blackfoot Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

I NAME WAS OPER5TING A 992 LOADER WHEN HE WAS STRUCK WITH BACK AND RIGHT LEG PAIN. HE IS NOT POSITIVE OF WHAT INFLICTED THE INJURY BUT THE WORK ACTIVITY OF HIS REGULAR JOB IS THE MOST PROBABL E CAUSE. 3

February 5, 1985 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blackfoot Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

I NAME HAD TURN THE MACHINE OFF AND WAITED THE REASONABLE AMT OF TIME FOR THE ROCK DUST TO SETTLE WHEN HE OPENED THE DOOR THE FANNING OF THE DOOR STIRRED UP DUST AND WHEN I NAME STEP OUT THE THIS IS WHERE THE ROCK DUST OT IN HIS EYE

1984 · 1 incident

September 14, 1984 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blackfoot Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

INJ STANDING BY TO ASSIST IN REPAIR OF DOZER TRACK WHEN PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO TESTICLE OF BODY.I.NAME HAMMERING ON DOZER TRACK THIS IS WHERE PIECE OF METAL CAME FROM.