K & T Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
AN UNINTENTIONAL ROOF FALL OCCURED OVER THE WEEKEND OF 24-26 FELL FROM SPAD #126 IN INTERSECTION FELL ABOUT 4 FEET THICK 16 TO 20 FEET LONG 18 TO 20 FEET WIDE.
No 18: 7 reportable incidents Coal
Hobbs Brothers Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Hobbs Danny R
Whitewood,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405287
MSHA record for No 18 (mine ID 4405287). 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
- 1983–1991
- Latest incident
- Aug 1991
Ownership history
- Hobbs Brothers Coal Company Inc 1979 to present
- K & T Coal Company Inc 1991 to 1992
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 18 sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
7 on file1991 · 2 incidents
K & T Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
AN UNINTENTIAL ROOF FALL FELL OVER THE WEEKEND OF 17 THORUGH 19 FELL AT SEVERAL STATION 127 ACROSS TO SEVEN STATION 128 FELL ABOUT 20 FEET WIDE 40 FEET LONG ABOUT 4 TO 5 FEET THICK. AN ADDITI ONAL ROCK FELL AT SERBEA STATION #125 ABOUT 40 FEET LONG 20 FEET WIDE.
1990 · 1 incident
May 8, 1990
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Hobbs Brothers Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPL HAD INSTALLED INSIDE ROOF BOLT AND WAS LETTING SAFETY JACK DOWN,ROCK 2'X3'X 2-6"THICK FELL BETWEEN BOLT,SAFETY JACK AND ATRS.SAFETY JACK HAD CAUGHT EDGE OF ROCK BUT ROOF BOLT DIDNT.WHEN E MPL LET JACK DOWN ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM A GLANCING BLOW ON HEAD AND SHOULDER.
1987 · 1 incident
July 21, 1987
VA · Coal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Hobbs Brothers Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
VICTIM WAS WATC2ING FOR SCOOPS AS THEY LOADED ON THE CUT TO THE WING OF PILLAR BLOCK. HE WAS STANDING BETWEEN TWO ROWS OF RADIOUS TIMBER WHEN A PILLAR FALL OCCURRED TRAPPING HIS LEG UNDER A R OCK. 3
1986 · 1 incident
Hobbs Brothers Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL OUTBY3#4 ENTRY IN 7TH OPEN CROSSCUT UNDETECTED SLIP ABOVE ANCHORAGE OF 4007S
1984 · 1 incident
December 28, 1984
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
Hobbs Brothers Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPL JUST INSIDE DRIFT.HE HAD TRACTOR COUPLING TO CAR TO GET ROOF BOLTS IN.HE STOOD UP IN MOTOR TO REACH CAR TONGUE AND WHEN HE SAT BACK DOWN HIS BATTERY LIGHT HIT REVERSE CONTROL CAUSING TRAC TOR TO MOVE BACKWARD THROWING HIM AGAINST SIDE OF TRACTOR.HE DIDNT HAVE REVERSE SWITCH IN NEUTRAL POSITION.
1983 · 1 incident
Hobbs Brothers Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL IN INTERSECTION FELL OUT ABOVE ANCORAGE FELL IN ABANDONED AREA