Mining Incidents

No 2 Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Gordie Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Cline Gordon & Gordie
Bishop, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405927

MSHA record for No 2 Mine (mine ID 4405927). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Dec 1987
Ownership history
  1. Gordie Coal Company Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 Mine sits in Tazewell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
Tazewell County, Virginia · Population 39,933
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$45,788
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

December 14, 1987 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Gordie Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LEFT HAND COMPOUND FX 4TH FINGER.LACERATION 3RD & 4TH FINGER.MASHED HAND BETWEEN CANOPY AND MINE ROOF.

1986 · 1 incident

March 24, 1986 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Gordie Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS CU7TING COAL IN A ENTRY WHERE A PUMP CABLE CAME ACROSS TO A PUMP WHILE LOOKING BACK AT THE SHUTTLECAR THE RIPPER CAUGHT THE CABLE ROLLING THE CABLE AROUND THE RIPPER DRUM PULLING DOWN THE CIRCU3T BREAKER BOX FROM THE HANGER INTO THE LEFT SIDE OF OPERATORS HEAD