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No 18 Mine: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Gary Baker
Bee, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406373

MSHA record for No 18 Mine (mine ID 4406373). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1988–1992
Latest incident
Feb 1992
Ownership history
  1. Blue Chip Coal Corp 1987 to 1991
  2. Ivy Branch Coal Company Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 18 Mine 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

8 on file

1992 · 3 incidents

February 13, 1992 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Ivy Branch Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CRAWLING BESIDE MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER AND BACKED HIMSELF AGAINST THE RIB.

January 17, 1992 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Ivy Branch Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BOLTING TOP AND STRAINED NECK MUSCLES.

1991 · 1 incident

1989 · 2 incidents

March 27, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Blue Chip Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR TRAMMING PINNER, PINNER THREW OPERATOR AGAINST TOP.

February 23, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Blue Chip Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

GETTING READY TO DRILL A HOLE,A SMALL PICE OF ROCK FELL HITTING ON THE LEFT THIGH.

1988 · 2 incidents

November 2, 1988 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Blue Chip Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

MINER WAS MOVING FROM PLACE TO PLACE GOING OVER A BUMP IN BOTTOM THROWING OPERATOR AGAINST TOP

April 29, 1988 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Blue Chip Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

OPERATOR WAS MOVING MINER AND SCRAPED ROOF WITH BOOM TARRING A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FROM ROOF HITTING HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER ON CONTROLS OF MINRER CUTTING IT.