Mining Incidents

No 1 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Miranda Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Tolbert P Mullins
Royal City, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406408

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4406408). 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
1987–1988
Latest incident
Jun 1988
Ownership history
  1. Miranda Coal Inc 1987 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

1988 · 1 incident

June 11, 1988 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miranda Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING BELT STRUCTURE DOWN ROPES & CUAGHT FINGER BETWEEN ROPE & STRUCTURE.

1987 · 1 incident

December 14, 1987 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Miranda Coal Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL IN #23ENTRY OUTBY FACE AREA.ROOF FALL APPROXIMATELY 90'LX14'HX26'W CRIBBED AREAS LEADING INTO FALL.NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED IN FALL.NO AIRWAYS BLOCKED.