Mining Incidents

No 12: 7 reportable incidents Coal

D O & W Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Hay Walker W
Cleveland, Russell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406587

MSHA record for No 12 (mine ID 4406587). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1990–1994
Latest incident
Dec 1994
Ownership history
  1. Ivy Branch Coal Company Inc 1990 to 1993
  2. D O & W Coal Company Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 12 sits in Russell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.5% 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.
Russell County, Virginia · Population 25,635
4.5%
Mining share of county employment
$49,020
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1994 · 5 incidents

December 12, 1994 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
D O & W Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL APPROX 275 FT FROM FACE WITH DEMINSIONS OF 20FT WIDE 60 FT LONG 6-8 FT THICK ON BELT LINE WITH ABOUT 2' OF BELT LIEN CAUGHT, AT SURVEY STATION #7964.

August 8, 1994 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D O & W Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

SLIPPED AND FELL OFF OF SCOOP AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

May 11, 1994 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D O & W Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

GROING ACCROSS SECTION SLIPPED AND FELL, HIT ELBOW ON LUMP OF COAL.

May 9, 1994 VA · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
D O & W Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

RECIPTAL ON TRANSFORMER GROUNDED FACE TO FACE AND FIRED, BURNED BACKS OF HANDS.

1991 · 1 incident

April 17, 1991 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Ivy Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS BOLTING TOP BOLT BENT & CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK

1990 · 1 incident

October 10, 1990 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Ivy Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

TOP AND ROCK FELL AND HIT BACK BRUISED BACK ON L SIDE