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No 3 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Deca Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Stevenson David & Leon
Harman, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405878

MSHA record for No 3 Mine (mine ID 4405878). 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
1984
Latest incident
Sep 1984
Ownership history
  1. Deca Mining Company Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 3 Mine sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
Buchanan County, Virginia · Population 19,857
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,216
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

1984 · 1 incident

September 17, 1984 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Deca Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RIDING OUT ON A MANTRIP WHEN IT HIT A BUMP. HE REACH HIS LEFT HAND UP ADJUST HIS HARDHART WHEN A ROOF BOLT PLATE CAUGHT HIS RING AND TORE HIS FINGER.