Mining Incidents

No 1 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Brimar Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Vandyke Noah
Conaway, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406246

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4406246). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Jun 1986
Ownership history
  1. Brimar Mining Company Inc 1985 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

2 on file

1986 · 2 incidents

May 31, 1986 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Brimar Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

BAD TOP IN THIS3AREA SLICKY SIDED SLIPS. FALL OCCURRED 23D X-CUT OUTBY FACE #4 ENTRY 60'LONG X 17'WIDE X 4-5' THICK.NO ONE INJURED AND NO EQUIP WAS INVOLVED.