Mining Incidents

No 2 Auger: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Cheyenne Mining Corp
Big Rock, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406330

MSHA record for No 2 Auger (mine ID 4406330). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Jan 1988
Ownership history
  1. Blackfoot Mining Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 Auger 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

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

January 26, 1988 VA · Coal auger helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blackfoot Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUTTING BLOCKS 6NDER AUGER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE STEEL AND BLOCK