Mining Incidents

No 2: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Comanche Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Blankenship Ralph
Grundy, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405862

MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 4405862). 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
1983
Latest incident
Sep 1983
Ownership history
  1. Comanche Coal Corp 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
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

3 on file

1983 · 3 incidents

September 23, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Comanche Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

WORKING ON PANEL BOARD ON SCOOP PANEL BOARD FELL AND SMASHED LEFT HAND RING FINGER.

March 28, 1983 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Comanche Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

PENNER STEEL FLEW OUT AND HIT HIM IN SIDE OF HEAD INJURING LEFT EAR

March 11, 1983 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Comanche Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HELPING CHANGE BATTERIES ON 484 SCOOP, PUT HALF-HEADER UNDER BATTERY JACK TO GET BATTERIES HIGHER, CAUGHT LEFT THUMB UNDER BATTERY JACK.