Mining Incidents

No 2 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Lick Branch Mining Corp · Underground
Controlled by Justus Donald
Whitewood, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405729

MSHA record for No 2 Mine (mine ID 4405729). 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
Oct 1983
Ownership history
  1. J J'S Coal Company 1981 to 1989
  2. Lick Branch Mining Corp 1989 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

October 10, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
J J'S Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE BACKED THE BATTERY POWERED TRACTOR UP TO THE MINER GOT OFF AND HELPED SERVICE THE MINER GOT BACK ON THE TRACTOR THINKING IT WAS IN FORWARD POSITION STARTED TO MOVE BUT IT WAS IN REVERSE AND BACKED UP AGAINST THE MINER CATCHING HIS RIGHT LEG AND SIDE BETWEEN THE MINER AND TRACTOR