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No 2 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Silica Mining Corp · Underground
Controlled by Metz Glade
Stacy, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405690

MSHA record for No 2 Mine (mine ID 4405690). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Dec 1983
Ownership history
  1. Silica Mining Corp 1981 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
ⓘ 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

2 on file

1983 · 2 incidents

December 22, 1983 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Silica Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ACCORDING TO CURTIS HESS HE HURT HIS BACK ON THE 22 DAY OF DEC 1983 THERE WERE @NO EYE WITNESSESS AND WAS NOT REPORATED TO ANYONE AT THE MINE DEC 27, 1983 CALLED SAID HE HURT HIS HURT HIS BACK.