Mining Incidents

No 4: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Savage Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Roy Horne
Nora, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406696

MSHA record for No 4 (mine ID 4406696). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993–1994
Latest incident
Mar 1994
Ownership history
  1. Banner Blue Coal Company 1992 to 1992
  2. Savage Mining Inc 1992 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
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

2 on file

1994 · 1 incident

March 24, 1994 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Savage Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EDISON STILTNER WAS DRIVING A 21 SC CAR TOWARD THE MIENR IN NO.5 ENTRY WHEN HE RAN OVER A ROCK INT HE HAULWAY, BOUNCING HIM OUT OF THE SEAT INJURING HIS TAIL BONE.

1993 · 1 incident