H & B Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
RUNNING SCOOP AND BRUISED RIGHT SIDE OF LEFT KNEE AGAINST TOP
No 2: 3 reportable incidents Coal
H & B Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Mullins Harold
Stacy,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405897
MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 4405897). 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
- 1983–1984
- Latest incident
- Mar 1984
Ownership history
- Bowman Coal Company Inc 1982 to 1983
- H & B Coal Company Inc 1983 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
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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.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 file1984 · 2 incidents
H & B Coal Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data
EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT AN INJURY TO FOREMAN OR OWNERS UNTIL FEB 2 1984 HE REPORTED HE HAD HURT HIS BACK ON JAN 23 1984 HE DID NOT TELL ANYONE AT MINE HE HAD BEEN HURT & OWNERS WHO STAY AT MIN E AT ALL TIMES WERENOT TOLD OF ANY THING HAPPENING THERE ARE NO WITNESSES
1983 · 1 incident
December 7, 1983
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
POWERED HAULAGE
H & B Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object
SCOOP WENT IN TO DUMP ON TAIL PIECE ON BLIND SIDE OF SCOOP.HAD HIS BACK TO SCOOP OPERATOR AND CORNER OF SCOOP DIPPER CAUGHT EMPL AND ROLLED HIM OVER.