Mining Incidents

No 13: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Blankenship Ray
Dante, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406363

MSHA record for No 13 (mine ID 4406363). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1987–1988
Latest incident
Oct 1988
Ownership history
  1. Bob'S Branch Coal Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 13 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

5 on file

1988 · 3 incidents

1987 · 2 incidents

December 9, 1987 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bob'S Branch Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

SLUG OF ROCK FE5L OUT WHEN STEEL WAS STARTED IN TOP.