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No 2 Mine: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Little Mountain Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Baker Ralph
Pennington Gap, Lee County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406076

MSHA record for No 2 Mine (mine ID 4406076). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Jun 1985
Ownership history
  1. A & M Mining & Trucking 1984 to 1985
  2. Little Mountain Coal Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 Mine sits in Lee County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Lee County, Virginia · Population 22,042
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$42,269
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1985 · 2 incidents

June 7, 1985 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Little Mountain Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

FIXING TRACK ON DOZER WHEN BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO HIT ELBOW.

January 4, 1985 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman POWERED HAULAGE
Little Mountain Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON BRIDGE HITTING HAND ON CHAIN.

1984 · 4 incidents

October 30, 1984 VA · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper MACHINERY
Little Mountain Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

SPLICING BELT BUMPING ELBOW ON BELT STRUCTURE CAUSING SWELLING

July 25, 1984 VA · Coal timberman MACHINERY
A & M Mining & Trucking · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER HAD PRESSURE AGAINST JACK WHICH SLIPPED OUT CAUSING JACK TO HIT INJ.DAMAGE NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME.