Mining Incidents

No 13 Mine: 17 reportable incidents Coal

Mc Glothlin Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Mc Glothlin Loyal
Amonate, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4403659

MSHA record for No 13 Mine (mine ID 4403659). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1984–1989
Latest incident
Jun 1989
Ownership history
  1. Mc Glothlin Coal Company 1974 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 13 Mine sits in Tazewell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
Tazewell County, Virginia · Population 39,933
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$45,788
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

June 7, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mc Glothlin Coal Company · Struck by falling object

I NAME WAS PULLING A PIECE OF LOOSE ROOF AND IT SLABBED BACK AND STRUCK HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS FOOT.

1988 · 6 incidents

December 8, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Glothlin Coal Company · Struck by falling object

USING STEEL ROPE TO PULL BELT TOGETHER ROPE SLIPPED AND STRUCK LEFT ARM BETWEEN WRIST AND ELBOW.

May 19, 1988 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mc Glothlin Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL IN #5 HEADING 20 FT WIDE BY 30 FT LONG AND 6 FT HIGH THE FALL IS LOCATED IN #5 HEADING 5 BREAKS INBY #3 BELT DRIVE

February 11, 1988 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Glothlin Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNHOOKING STRAPS AND THE STRAP SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.

1987 · 2 incidents

May 30, 1987 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Mc Glothlin Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS TRA1PED BETWEEN SCOOP AND RIB AND BROKE HIS PELVIS.

January 27, 1987 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Mc Glothlin Coal Company · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF ROCK F9LL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE FEET.

1986 · 3 incidents

December 23, 1986 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Glothlin Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS SHO5ELING AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

December 4, 1986 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Glothlin Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED PICKED 6P A BAG OF CEMENT AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

August 4, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Glothlin Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED WAS PUL5ING CABLE OFF ROOF BOLTER AND SPRAINED HIS BACK.

1984 · 4 incidents

March 13, 1984 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mc Glothlin Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE TRAVELING IN MINE TO BEGIN WORK DAY IT WAS NECESSARY TO TRAVEL UNDER MINER CABLE- IT BEING FASTENED TO ROOF THE INJURED STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CABLE CAUSING INJURY TO THE NECK.

February 7, 1984 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mc Glothlin Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

STRUCK END OF MINER BOOK CAUSING SUDDEN STOP & CAUSING PERSON TO BUMP HIS MOUTH AGAINST SCOOP DECK.

January 17, 1984 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mc Glothlin Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL ON INTAKE AIR-AREA HAD BEEN DANGERED OFF FOR APPROX 1 MONTH BEFORE THE FALL THERE HAS BEEN NO PERSONNEL TRAVELING NEAR THE FALL DURING THIS TIME