Shorty Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
BOLT MAN AND HE5PER GOING TO REPLACE BOLT IN HAULAGE ROD, HELPER CAUGHT RING FINGER UNDER PLATE AGAINST ROOF SMASH FINGER.
No 1 Mine: 5 reportable incidents Coal
Shorty Mining Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Justus Kerry Shawn & Charles Blankenship
Hurley,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4403874
MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4403874). 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
- 1983–1986
- Latest incident
- Nov 1986
Ownership history
- Buccaneer Coal Company Inc 1974 to 1982
- Mack Coal Corp 1982 to 1986
- Shorty Mining Company 1986 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
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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
5 on file1986 · 2 incidents
Shorty Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING BESIDE CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH HAND PLACED ON GAURD WHEN HE HEARD A VEHICLE HE TURNED TO LOOK MUST HAD LEANED ON FENCE PUSHING IT IN TO SHAFT ON DRIVE, WHICH CAUGHT FENCE I NTANGLEING ARM 3N WIRE.
1984 · 1 incident
Mack Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS PULLING OUT ROPE FFROM MINER BRIDGE AND ACCIDENTALLY TRIPPED THE ON SWITCH CATCHING THUMB ON LEFT HAND AND CUTTING IT
1983 · 2 incidents
Mack Coal Corp · Struck by falling object
SETTING JACK ON CONTINOUS MINER. CAUGHT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER AND CRUSHED IT.
Mack Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
UNLOADING ROCK DUST FROM SCOOP BUCKET WHEN FOOT SLIPPED AND WENT UNDERNEATH BUCKET CATGCHING RT FOOT UNDERNEATH AND MASHED THREE TOES