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No 1 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

K Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Kern Ronnie & Garland Jr
Keokee, Lee County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405022

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4405022). 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
Apr 1983
Ownership history
  1. Sunshine Collieries Inc 1978 to 1981
  2. Yale Mining Corp 1981 to 1982
  3. Yale Mining Corp 1982 to 1982
  4. K Coal Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Mine sits in Lee County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Lee County, Virginia · Population 22,042
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$42,269
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

April 18, 1983 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
K Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BROUGHT FUEL FROM HOME IN BACK OF TOYOTA TRUCK IN 16 GAL. BARRELS MOCWS WNS LOSWE NWZR RO FMX REUXK (BOTH IDLING) WHILE HOWARD WAS POURING LAST 5 GAL. BUCKET OF FUEL IN GMC. RONNIE WENT TOA TUARN RADIO OFF IN TOYOTA SO HE COULD HEAR MINE PHONE. HE COULDNT REACH THE RADIO FROM STANDING OUTSIDE TRUCK. WHEN HE STARTED TO GET IN, THE TOYOTA ROLLED BAC