Mining Incidents

No 2: 13 reportable incidents Coal

Roberts Enterprises Inc · Underground
Controlled by Roberts Thomas W
St Charles, Lee County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406490

MSHA record for No 2 (mine ID 4406490). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
Apr 1990
Ownership history
  1. Roberts Enterprises Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 sits in Lee County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Lee County, Virginia · Population 22,042
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$42,269
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

April 17, 1990 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Roberts Enterprises Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A TIMBER, HE SLIPPED AND FELL.

1989 · 11 incidents

November 21, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Roberts Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF ROCK FELL & STRUCK EMPL IN ANKLE.

October 16, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Roberts Enterprises Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS ON HIS WAY INSIDE AND STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED HIS BACK

October 12, 1989 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Roberts Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STANDING IN CONVEY , ACC TURNED ON CHAIN CAME OFF CAUGHT EMP FT TWISTED HIS R LEG.

August 23, 1989 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Roberts Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPL WAS OEPRATING THE SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT A ROCK IN THE HALLWAY AND IT THREW HIM BACKWARDS AND HE HIT HIS BACK ON THE BACK OF THE SEAT

August 19, 1989 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator ELECTRICAL
Roberts Enterprises Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS OPERATING THE MINER WHEN THE POWER CABLE ON THE MINER BLEW UP.

July 17, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Roberts Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GOT GLOVE CAUGHT ON S NAG OF DRILL STEEL SPRAINED WRIST

July 10, 1989 VA · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
Roberts Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

OPER ROOF DRILL PC OF ROCK FELL BOUNCED OFF ATS CANOPY FELL BACK ON R LEG. 4 IN ABOVE ANKLE

July 8, 1989 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Roberts Enterprises Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL DURING PILLARING OPERATIONS CAUGHT CONTINIOUS MINER. NO EMPLOYEES WERE INJURED. AREA WAS CRIBBED AND TIMBERED.

February 8, 1989 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Roberts Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

A SMALL ROCK FELL AND STRUCK EMPLS HAT AND KNOCKED HIS HEAD INTO THE BOLTING MACHINE