Mining Incidents

No 3-A Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Lynn K Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Compton William
Nora, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406307

MSHA record for No 3-A Mine (mine ID 4406307). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Oct 1986
Ownership history
  1. Lynn K Coal Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 3-A Mine 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

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident

October 20, 1986 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lynn K Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

ROCK ON T OP OF3 MINER PUSHING ROCK OFF WITH FEET , INJURED BACK.