Mining Incidents

No 1 Mine: 30 reportable incidents Coal

Lowe Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Paul Lowe
Big Rock, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406097

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4406097). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
30
Years on record
1984–1996
Latest incident
Jan 1996
Ownership history
  1. Lowe Mining Inc 1984 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

30 on file

1996 · 1 incident

1995 · 3 incidents

August 1, 1995 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lowe Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LIFTING A ROCK FROM #2 DUMPING POSNT WHEN SHARP PAIN WAS FELT IN STOMACH

June 13, 1995 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Lowe Mining Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

BURNED ARM ON HOT BIT LUG.

1994 · 4 incidents

June 6, 1994 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lowe Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HURT LOWER BACK MAKING BELT SPLICE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED 06-13-94

1993 · 4 incidents

April 20, 1993 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lowe Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 4-21-93 HE REPORTED TO MINE FOREMAN, HE HAD HURT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER ON 4-20-93 AT 11 A.M. WAS BENDING A ROOF BOLT. PUT BOLT UNDER ROOFBOLTER AND WAS PULLING UP ON BOLT. SHOULDER HAD BURNING FEELING.

February 23, 1993 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lowe Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BENDING ROOF BOLT AND FELT SOMETHING GIVE.

1992 · 6 incidents

August 24, 1992 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lowe Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL 20'X25'X4'.FALL WAS IN INTERSECTION #6 ENTRY OF #1 RIGHT SECTION.FALL WAS 7 BREAKS FROM WORKING FACE OF ACTIVE SECTION 4'H 206 25W.

April 14, 1992 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Lowe Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE MASHED FINGER IN LEFT HAND WHILE OPERATING ROOF BOLTER.

April 3, 1992 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lowe Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

37 BREAKS FROM SURFACE IN RETURN THE FALL WAS ABOUT 40X18X3 BOLT LENGTH WAS 48 INCH FALL OCCURED IN OLDER SECTION OF MINES WE ARE NOW ABANDONING THIS AREA AS OF 5-1-92.

March 26, 1992 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lowe Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING 4 OTHER MEN LIFT & MOVE A PIECE OF METAL HE REPORTED IT TO MANAGEMENT ON 04-07-92

1991 · 3 incidents

September 27, 1991 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lowe Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

FALL WAS 10 BREAKS FROM SURFACE.THIS AREA WAS MINED IN 1986.FALL WAS 18' LONG 18' WIDE 3' THICK TOP WAS BOLTED WITH 60' BOLTS.

May 23, 1991 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lowe Mining Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE CLIAMS TO BE INJURED BY A FALL IN THE TAILPIECE BUT REFUSED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR WHEN OFFERED BY OWNER AT THE TIME OF THE ALLEGED FALL WAS REPORTED 2 HRS LATER.

1990 · 3 incidents

October 11, 1990 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Lowe Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

WORKING AT DRIVE ROCK CAME OFF BELT HIT L HAND

July 25, 1990 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lowe Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR HE LOOKED AROUND TURNING NECT TO FAR, STRAINING NECK. NO LOST TIME. ONE VISIT TO CHIRO. IS REASON FOR REPORTING

May 5, 1990 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator ELECTRICAL
Lowe Mining Inc · Flash burns (electric)

REPEATED ATTEMPS TO RESET BREAKER ON FEEDER CABLE HAD BEEN PULLED PARTIALLY FROM CAT HEAD RESULTING IN AN ELECTRICAL FLASH CAUSING FLASH BURN TO LEFT EYE.

1988 · 2 incidents

April 14, 1988 VA · Coal MACHINERY
Lowe Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS MOVING ROOF BOLTER FROM ONE HEADING TO ANOTHER WHEN HE RAN UP ON A ROCK HE DID NOT SEE CAUGHT ARM INBETWEEN ROOF BOLTER AND ROOF O FMINE.

February 20, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lowe Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING BELT TO INSTALL ROLLERS.

1987 · 1 incident

February 8, 1987 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lowe Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

MINE FOREMAN FO6ND FALL DURING PRESHIFT AREA 20X20X2 MAIN ENTRY 60 FT INBY SPADE 39

1986 · 1 incident

May 19, 1986 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lowe Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING METAL S7EPS

1985 · 1 incident

1984 · 1 incident