Mining Incidents

No 2: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Bear Branch Fuel Corp · Underground
Dante, Russell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406113

MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 4406113). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
May 1985
Ownership history
  1. Bear Branch Fuel Corp 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 sits in Russell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.5% 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.
Russell County, Virginia · Population 25,635
4.5%
Mining share of county employment
$49,020
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1985 · 6 incidents

May 10, 1985 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bear Branch Fuel Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EE WAS STANDING TOO CLOSE TO A BELT JACK WHEN THE CABLE WE HAD HOOKED TOT H E BELT CAUSED THE BELT JACK TO SLIP OUT & LET THE BELT SWING OVER & HIT THE VICTIM. WHEN THE BELT H IT HIM IT KNOCKED HIM DOWN & HURT HIS KNEE.

March 27, 1985 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bear Branch Fuel Corp · Accident type, without injuries

THIS WAS A NOW CONTROLABLE ROOF FALL. THERE WAS A SLIP THAT RUN UP THE RIB SIDE THAT COULD NOT BE SEEN UNITL ROOF FALL OCCURRED.

March 6, 1985 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bear Branch Fuel Corp · Struck by falling object

EE STARTED TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT LOOSE ROCK FELL STRIKING THUMB.

1984 · 3 incidents

September 21, 1984 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider MACHINERY
Bear Branch Fuel Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE PULLING ON HYDRAULIC HOSE THROUGH BOOM OF COAL DRILL THE HOSE BROKE AND RELEASED THE PRESSURE ON THE JACK THAT HELD BOOM UP AND HIS LEG SLID UNDER THE BOOM AND WHEN THE PRESSURE WAS RELE ASED THE BOOM FELL ON HIS LEFT LEG ACROSS HIS KNEE.

September 21, 1984 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bear Branch Fuel Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL TRYING TO LIFT BOOM ON COALDRILL WITH SLATE BAR WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.