Mining Incidents

No 1 Mine: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Double R Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Ratliff Bill
Duty, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405186

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4405186). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
25
Years on record
1987–1991
Latest incident
Oct 1991
Ownership history
  1. A & O Mining Inc 1979 to 1979
  2. Laurel Mountain Mining Company 1979 to 1980
  3. A & O Corp Of Virginia 1980 to 1984
  4. Westwood Coal Company 1984 to 1986
  5. Double R Coal Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Mine sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
December 26, 1987 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Double R Coal Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

AN EMPLOYEE WIT2OUT AUTHORIZATION ENTERED THE MINE WITH A SCOOP AND WHILE UNDERGROUND AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED ENTIRE MINE AFFECTED

Reportable incidents

24 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1991 · 3 incidents

October 21, 1991 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double R Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ROCK GOT FOULED IN TAILPC LIFTING ROCK OUT WHEN STRAINED MUSCLE IN SHOULDER

March 4, 1991 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Double R Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

GOT BIG ROCK OFF TAILPIECE AND TRIED TO BUST IT UP WITH SLEDGE HAMMER PUT SOMETHING ON HIS BACK.

1990 · 7 incidents

September 13, 1990 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double R Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FIXING SCRAPER ON BELT MASHING FINGER

September 10, 1990 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double R Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PUTTING SCRAPER ON BELT DRIVE WHEN HURTING BACK.

July 19, 1990 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double R Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE CALLED MON 7/23 SAID HE HAD LIFTED GEAR BOX FOR MINER & PULLED SOMETHING IN BACK.

February 9, 1990 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double R Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

BENT DOWN ON ONE KNEE TO GREASE BELT DRIVE BEARINGS HIT HIS KNEE ON ANCHOR PIN

1989 · 6 incidents

October 10, 1989 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator ELECTRICAL
Double R Coal Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

PLUGGING IN CATHEAD OF MINER IN POWER CENTER HAD LOOSE CONNECTION WHEN ENERGIZED CAUSED ARC BURNING RT FOREARM.

February 9, 1989 VA · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Double R Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING DIRECION AFTER LOADING BUGGY DRIFTED AND FRAME OF BUGGY GOT ON HIS FOOT BRUING IT.

1988 · 6 incidents

June 28, 1988 VA · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double R Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

SCOOP OPERATOR I.NAME SAID BACKING TO BATTERY STAND HE GOT OFF SCOOP TRY TO PULL STAND BACK AROUND BY HAND PULL SOMETHING IN HIS BACK HE WENT ON RAN THE SCOOP REST OF SHIFT HE REPORT ED AT TH E END OF SHIFT 1100PM THAT HE HURT HIS BACK OR HAD PULLED SOMETHING IN BACK

June 25, 1988 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double R Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED MAN STATED THAT WHILE SHOVELING MUD ONTO THE #4 CONVEYOR BELT ON THE 001 SECTION, THE MUSCLES IN HIS BACK WERE STRAINED.

April 29, 1988 VA · Coal scoop car operator OTHER
Double R Coal Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

EMPLOYEE CLAIMED BACK INJURIES NOT REPORTED TO ANY ONE AT TIME OF INJURY

March 1, 1988 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Double R Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING UNITRAC MACHINE CLEANING UP COAL MINE WHEN WHEEL FROM SCOOP FLIPPED COAL DUST IN HIS RT. EYE.

1987 · 2 incidents

October 3, 1987 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Double R Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SUPPOSEDLY STRA3NED HIS BACK GETTING ROCK OUT OF TAILPIECE