Mining Incidents

No 2: 8 reportable incidents Coal

J R & R Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Stanley John B
Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4401250

MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 4401250). 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
1984–1986
Latest incident
Sep 1986
Ownership history
  1. Bonnie Coal Company 1950 to 1975
  2. Westbury Coal Mining Partnership 1975 to 1977
  3. Richlands Coal Mining Partnership 1977 to 1977
  4. Middle Creek Coal Corp 1977 to 1978
  5. J S & K Coal Corp 1978 to 1978
  6. J S & K Coal Corp 1979 to 1981
  7. H J & R Corp 1981 to 1984
  8. J R & R Coal Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 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

8 on file

1986 · 1 incident

September 26, 1986 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
J R & R Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED ADDED O3 ANOTHER LENGTH OF STEEL TO DRILL HOLE DEEPER & HIS GLOVE PINCHED BETWEEN COUPLING & WHEN HE STARTED ROTATOR TO DRILL IT JERKED HAND & ARM AROUND STEEL & BROKE HIS ARM

1985 · 6 incidents

August 7, 1985 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
J R & R Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE CUTTER OPERATOR TOOK CUTTER INTO #5 PILLAR TO CUT WING AND ROOF STARTED TO WORK AND HE LOST IT. THE FOREMAN UNDER TOOK TO TRAM IT BACK OUT.THE ROOF FELL ON CUTTERT AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER & HAND BETWEEN CUTTER FRAME AND ROOF.

June 4, 1985 VA · Coal driller operator OTHER
J R & R Coal Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

INJURED CALLED 5ND SAID HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON 6 5 85 WITH HIS KNEE AND SAID HE WOULD BE OFF ABOUT 10 DAYS WITH IT I QUESTIONED FOREMAN ABOUT IT AND HE SAID INJURED COMPLAINED ABOUT KNEE H HURTING AOUT 6 1M ON 6 4 85

May 4, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
J R & R Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ AND ANOTHER MAN DRILLING TEST HOLE AND INJ PUSHED STEEL UP INTO HOLE TO ADD ON ANOTHER PIECE OF STEEL 24\\ LONG AND HURT BACK.

April 24, 1985 VA · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
J R & R Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE DRILLING COAL HOLES IN FACE WITH HYDRULIC DRILL (HAND HELD) ITS UNCLEAR WITCH ONE TURNED HANDLE LOOSE BEFORE DRILL HAD STOPPED TURNING AND THE HANDLE WHIPPED AROUND AND STRUCK INJURED.

February 6, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
J R & R Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING ROOF BOLTER TO INSTALL LEFT BOLT IN FACE AND HE GOT TOO CLOSE TO RIB AND CAUGHT LEG AGAINST PANIC BAR AND RIB.

January 26, 1985 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
J R & R Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

INJURED NOTICED THE BELT WAS RUBBING AGAINST A 1" WATER HOSE AND STARTED TO PULL IT AWAY AND A S SPLICE CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND JERKED HIS HAND BETWEEN BELT AND ROLLER

1984 · 1 incident

January 8, 1984 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
H J & R Corp · Accident type, without injuries

ROCK FELL PROBABLY DUE TO CLOSENESS OF THE OTHE SCAM OF THE COAL TO SEAM WE ARE MINING. ROCK BROKE LOOSE FROM MAIN TOP. NO INJURY DUE TO ROCK FALL.