Westwood Coal Company · Fall from machine
S/C WHEEL DROPP9D INTO HOLE CAUSING JOLT TO I.NAME.
No 4: 3 reportable incidents Coal
Westwood Coal Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Barton Delmar
Coeburn,
Dickenson County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405749
MSHA record for No 4 (mine ID 4405749). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1983–1986
- Latest incident
- Nov 1986
Ownership history
- Sue Lee Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1986
- Westwood Coal Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 4 sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
3 on file1986 · 2 incidents
April 19, 1986
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westwood Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BENDING ROOF BO5T PULLED SOMETHING IN SHOULDER.
1983 · 1 incident
May 17, 1983
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Sue Lee Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
DAVEID MEADE WAS PUTTING A BOLT IN HOLE WHEN A ROCK FELL BETWEEN JACK AND LAST ROW OF BOLTS IT CUT THE RT SIDE OF HEAD AND RT SIDE OF SHOULDER WAS BRUISED