Mining Incidents

No 1 Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

C & J Coal Company Inc · Underground
Birchleaf, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405324

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4405324). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1985–1990
Latest incident
Jan 1990
Ownership history
  1. Apple Mountain Coal Corp 1979 to 1981
  2. Mountain Empire Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1981
  3. J & J Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1981
  4. J & J Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1982
  5. Copper Ridge Mining Company Inc 1982 to 1983
  6. Kermit Lynn Coal Company 1983 to 1984
  7. C & J Coal Company Inc 1984 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1990 · 1 incident

January 9, 1990 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & J Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HANDLING PC OF STEEL WHICH SLIPPED CATCHING THE R THUMB WHICH BEGAN TO SWELL 3 DAYS LATER 1-12-90, EMP REINJ THUMB WHICH WAS THOUGHT NOT TO BE SERIOUS. UPON ER VISIT THE THUMB WAS FOUND TO B E BROKEN

1987 · 1 incident

February 2, 1987 VA · Coal cutting machine helper, undercutter operator helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & J Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

MINOR STRAIN SP9AIN OF LOWER BACK SITTING ON MINE FLOOR PUSHING A COAL DRILL WITH FOOT.

1985 · 1 incident