Mining Incidents

No 2: 1 recorded fatality Coal

P A Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by William P Harris
Jewell Ridge, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404947

MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 4404947). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1988–1991
Latest incident
Sep 1991
Ownership history
  1. P A Coal Company Inc 1978 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.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 19, 1990 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
P A Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

TOOK HOLD OF GUIDE WIRE CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE DISK CONNECT.

Reportable incidents

14 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1991 · 2 incidents

September 17, 1991 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
P A Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PUSHING WITH FEET ON SLATE BAR WITH BACK AGAINST TOP TO INSTALL BOTTOM ROLLER BELT AND STRAINED BACK.

May 14, 1991 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P A Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LAYING MING CABLE STRAINED BACK.

1990 · 4 incidents

October 4, 1990 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
P A Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

THROWING CRIB BLOCKS STRAINED BACK.

January 3, 1990 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
P A Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN SCOOP HIT A ROCK AND WAS THROWN AGAINST TOP INJURING HEAD.

1989 · 4 incidents

May 29, 1989 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
P A Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

BUMPED RIGHT KNEE ON SCOOP

1988 · 4 incidents

September 30, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
P A Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON BACK

August 1, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
P A Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROCK FELL ON LEFT BIG TOE (CUT TOE).

July 16, 1988 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
P A Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

TIGHTING BOLT. ROCK FELL ON JACK. JACK HIT EMPLOYEE INTO PINNER INJURING BACK.