Mining Incidents

No 3: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Betty B Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Thyssen Schachtbau Gmbh
Herald, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4401647

MSHA record for No 3 (mine ID 4401647). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Nov 1983
Ownership history
  1. Betty B Coal Company Inc 1950 to 1982
  2. Betty B Coal Company Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 3 sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1983 · 5 incidents

August 17, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

CHECKING FOR OILLEAK ON THE BOOM OF LEE NORSE #265 MINER, PUT PRESSURE ON STABE JACK AND CAME DOWN AND HIT RIGHT FOOT. MANGLED RIGHT GREAT TOE, SEVERE FRACTURE RIGHT SECOND TOE, PARTIAL LOSS R RIGHT GREAT TOE.

March 18, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING OR SLIPPED INTO THE GATHERING PAN OF THE MINER WHILE BREAKING UP ROCK ON THE MINER. EMPLOYEE EVIDENTLY DIDNOT HEAR THE WARNING GIVEN ABOUT THE CONVEYOR CHAIR BEING TURNED ON AND THE PICK ARM CAUGHT HIS LEFT LEG AGAINST THE GATHERING PAN.