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No 1 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Daisy Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Miller Paul J
Hurley, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4403324

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4403324). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Mar 1983
Ownership history
  1. Camp Coal Company Inc 1950 to 1977
  2. Dyna Carb Coal Company Inc 1977 to 1977
  3. Copper Hill Coal Company Inc 1977 to 1979
  4. F A B Coal Corp 1979 to 1983
  5. Daisy Coal Corp 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Mine 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

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

March 10, 1983 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
F A B Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURED AT APPROX. 1:00 A.M. AND WAS FOUND DURNING PRE-SHIRT EXANINATION. ONE ONE WAS IN THE MINE AT THE TIME OF THE FALL. THE FALL OCCURED 11 BREAKS OUTBY THE FACE IN TERSECTION OF NO.5 ENTRY. THE FALL WAS 20 FT WIDE, 35 FT LONG AND 36" HIGH DEFAULT IN TOP WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FALL.