Mining Incidents

No 3: 12 reportable incidents Coal

Cavalier Mining Corp · Underground
Controlled by Roberts Thomas W
St. Charles, Lee County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405585

MSHA record for No 3 (mine ID 4405585). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Dec 1984
Ownership history
  1. Quality Fuels Limited 1981 to 1981
  2. Lone Mountain Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1982
  3. Ryder Energy Inc 1982 to 1985
  4. Emcoal Mining Inc 1983 to 1983
  5. First Coal Inc 1985 to 1986
  6. Barry & John Coal Company Inc 1986 to 1987
  7. Tos-Aoh Mining Inc 1987 to 1987
  8. Gamble Energy Inc 1987 to 1988
  9. Cavalier Mining Corp 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 3 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

12 on file

1984 · 6 incidents

December 5, 1984 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ryder Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS PULLING A 6X6 BEAM WITH END LOADER AND A 3 IN WATER LINE WAS COVERED WITH MUD AND BEAM CAUGHT ON WATER LINE SAID WATER LINE FLEW OUT AND CAUGHT THE INSIDE OF THE RIGHT KNEE

April 25, 1984 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ryder Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS RIDING OUT ON MANTRIP STIKING HIS HEAD ON A LOW CROSSBAR CANOPY AT LEFT APENING.

April 10, 1984 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ryder Energy Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS MOVING A BATTERY CHARGER.

March 19, 1984 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Ryder Energy Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROCK FALL IN 3 & 4 ENTRY FIRST CROSS CUT OUT BY FACE SECTION HAS BEEN TEMPORY ABONDED LOST WORKIED.

February 7, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Ryder Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS RUNNING ROOF BOLTER WITH HAND RESTING ON HEAD. A PIECE OF SLATE FELL STRIKING MAN ON HAND BREAKING A BONE IN HAND..

January 19, 1984 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ryder Energy Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

ACCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE CARRYING TIMBERS. MAN FELL HURTING BACK.

1983 · 6 incidents

September 26, 1983 VA · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Ryder Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING END LOADER,TRAMMING DOWN HILL ENGINE QUIT EMPL DITCHED END LOADER TO STOP WAS THROWN AGAINST ...FRAME KNOCKING LEFT CHEEK.

July 25, 1983 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Emcoal Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

MAN WAS OPERATING SCOOP OUTSIDE WHEN HIT HOLE IN BOTTOM JARRING SCOOP AND BRUISING BACK.

July 22, 1983 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman MACHINERY
Emcoal Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HANDLING MINER CABLE-BENT OVER TO LIFT CABLE AND PLACED HAND ON TOP OF CM FOR SUPPORT.CM WAS IN MOTION AND TRAMMED OVER HUMP IN BOTTOM CAUSING BOOM TO TOUCH TOP AND MASH HAND.

July 18, 1983 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Emcoal Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS HELPING PUT STEWATUNE UNDER BELT AND STRAINED BACK. HE TO SEPT 9 BEFORE GOING TO HOSPTIAL.

March 1, 1983 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver ELECTRICAL
Ryder Energy Inc · Contact with electrical current

GETTING READY TO HOOK UP MINER CABLE TO A 480 VOLT SWITCH BOX.EMPL HOLDING CABLE IN HANDS WHEN CABLE BECAME SHORT CIRCUITED,BURNING EMPL ARMS & HAND.