PULLING ROCK FROM ROOF WITH SLATE BAR PART OF ROOF FELL AND BROKE ON IMPACT AND PART STRUCK HIS LEFT LEG.
No 2: 3 reportable incidents Coal
Wellaby Coal Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Bill Nichols
Nora,
Dickenson County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405466
MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 4405466). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1984
- Latest incident
- Jul 1984
Ownership history
- H & S Coal Company 1980 to 1984
- Altus Coal Company Inc 1984 to 1986
- Beverly Coal Company Inc 1986 to 1986
- Wellaby Coal Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 2 sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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.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
3 on file1984 · 3 incidents
July 3, 1984
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Altus Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
May 11, 1984
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Altus Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
DRILLING ROOF AND SMALL ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN JACKS.
Altus Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
INJURY OCCURRED DURING TRANSPORTATION TO THE WORKING AREA, THE PERSON INJURED WAS SITUATED IN A SITTING POSITION IN THE MANTRIP FACING THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL, THE PERSON INJURED APPARENTLY DI DNT REACT IN TIME TO A LOW PLACE IN THE MINES AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROOF AND MANTRIP