Robinson Fork Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
COAL TOP OLD WORK.
No 2 Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal
Robinson Fork Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Altizer Eugene
Mavisdale,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405286
MSHA record for No 2 Mine (mine ID 4405286). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1984–1985
- Latest incident
- Mar 1985
Ownership history
- Robinson Fork Coal Company Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 2 Mine 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
4 on file1985 · 1 incident
1984 · 3 incidents
Robinson Fork Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALLS THE FALL WAS 400\ 20\ WIDE AND 4\TO 9\ IN THICKNESS FALL 240 OUTBY PILLAR LINE FELL 60\ INBY SURRERY SLATTER NO 213 NO. 2 ENTRY COAL SECTION.
Robinson Fork Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
FALL OCCURRED IN INTERSECTIONS OF THE NO 2 AND NO 3 ENTRIES AND CONNECTING CRTOSSCUT ADJACENT TO SURVEY STATION NO 485 LOCATED IN THE NO 1 ENTRY 1ST RT OFF MAINS FALL AREA WAS 3X20X85
Robinson Fork Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
FALL OCCURRED IN I NTERSECTION OF THE NO 2 ENTRY ADJACENT TO SURVEY STATION NO 482 IN NO 1 ENTRY 1ST RT OFF MAINS FALL WAS 4X3X20