Mining Incidents

No 1 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Tas Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Matney H B-Joe Hunsucker
Big Rock, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404446

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4404446). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Feb 1983
Ownership history
  1. Four L Coal Company Inc 1976 to 1977
  2. Tas Coal Corp 1977 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

2 on file

1983 · 2 incidents

February 14, 1983 VA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tas Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING MAKE BELT SPLICE WHEN BELT CLAMP SLIPPED AND STRUCK EMPL IN FACE.CUT ON LIP REQUIRED 7 STITCHES.

January 5, 1983 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Tas Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS FEEDING ROCK DUST INTO HYD. ROCKDUSTER WHEN SCOOP JUMPED SUDDENLY & EMPLOYEE\S LEFT HAND HIT DRIVE GEARS ON ROCK DUSTER CATCHING THUMB IN GEARS.