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No 1 Mine: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Yogi Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Potter Hersel E
Grundy, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404928

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4404928). 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
1984–1986
Latest incident
Sep 1986
Ownership history
  1. Belibe Coal Company 1978 to 1978
  2. Patrick Coal Corp 1978 to 1982
  3. Yogi Mining Company Inc 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
ⓘ 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

1986 · 3 incidents

September 22, 1986 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider OTHER
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

I.NAME REPORTED3HE DID NOT KNOW HOW OR WHERE HE HAD HURT HIS BACK, BUT IT WAS ON THE JOB

June 23, 1986 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED KNOCKED3OUT TIMBER IN PREPARATIN TO TURN A BREAK. DRAW ROCK HIT ON HIS LEFT HAND AND BROKE HAND.

1985 · 1 incident

February 27, 1985 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS TAKING DOWN TIE WIRE THAT HOLDS CABLE TO ROOF WHEN LEFT KNEE FLEW OUT OF PLACE.

1984 · 1 incident

October 29, 1984 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Yogi Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME TAKING DUST BOX OUT OF ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE FELT STRAIN IN HIS BACK.