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No 4: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Good Times Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Mack Stiltner
Mavisdale, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406282

MSHA record for No 4 (mine ID 4406282). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Dec 1986
Ownership history
  1. Low Vein Coal Company Inc 1986 to 1989
  2. Northern Mineral Inc 1989 to 1989
  3. Mc Clair Mining Corp 1989 to 1990
  4. Good Times Mining Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 4 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

7 on file

1986 · 7 incidents

September 8, 1986 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Low Vein Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

UNLOADING 5 GAL3PAILS OF OIL FROM SUPPLY TRUCK ONTO PLATFORM WHEN HE STRAINED LOWER BACK.FINISHED SHIFT AND WORKED 2 HRS OF NEXT SHIFT 9-9-86 BEFORE GOING TO DR.

August 13, 1986 VA · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Low Vein Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

VICTIM WAS PLAS7ERING STOPPING FROM APPROX. 4:00 PM UNITL APPROX. 9:00 PM WHEN THE CEMENT HE WAS USING CAUSED AN IRRTATION TO HIS SKIN ALONG THE LOWER PART OF BOTH ARMS.

August 12, 1986 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Low Vein Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

SCOOP WHILE ROU3DING A CURVE STRUCK THE RIB ON THE OFF SIDE CAUSING THE MACHINE TO STOP IMMEDIATELY. THE OPERATOR WAS THROWN INTO A HEADLIGHT MOUNTED IN THE DECK CAUSING A BLOW TO HIS MOUTH AN D TEETH. THE VI7TIM VISTED A DENTIST THE FOLLOWING DAY.

July 24, 1986 VA · Coal scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Low Vein Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS TRA4MING LOADED SCOOP FROM MINER TOWARD LOADING POINT IN #5 HEADING APPX 140' OUTBY FACE WHEN A PIECE OF R OCK FELL CAUSING A GLANCING BLOW TO HIS HEAD. COMPLAINED OF HEADACHE & NE CK PAINS BUT CH2SE TO FINISH HIS SHIFT.

July 7, 1986 VA · Coal scoop car operator ELECTRICAL
Low Vein Coal Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

INJURED WAS ATT9MPTING TO HANG TRAILING CABLE TO ROOF BOLT PLATE. WHEN A PHASE TO PHASE ELECTRICAL SHORT OCCURRED. THE RESULTING FLASH AND BURNING OF CABLE CAUSED INJURED TO RECEIVE AN ELECTRI CAL SHOCK 3

July 2, 1986 VA · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Low Vein Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS SEA7ED IN DECK OF SCOOP CHANGING BATTERIES WHEN SCOOP FELL FROM BLOCKING DROPPING THE MACHINE APPROX 6"-8". THE RESULTING JAR CAUSED INJURED TO COMPLAIN OF LOWER BACK PAIN