Red Dog Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object
WENT THRU CURTAIN KNOCKED HAT OFF HIT HEAD ON ROOF BOLT PLATE CUT HEAD
No 1 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal
Red Dog Coal Corp
· Underground
Controlled by
Ronnie A Edwards
Roseann,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404560
MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4404560). 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
- Feb 1983
Ownership history
- Little Mike Coal Corp 1976 to 1977
- Clinch River Coal Company 1977 to 1977
- Roseann Coal Company 1977 to 1978
- Wellmore Coal Corp 1978 to 1979
- Betty Lynn Coal Company Inc 1979 to 1980
- Dyna Carb Coal Company Inc 1980 to 1980
- Fountain Coal Corp 1980 to 1980
- Maranatha Mining Inc 1980 to 1982
- Red Dog Coal Corp 1982 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.