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No 4 Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Johnson Ersel
Big Rock, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406339

MSHA record for No 4 Mine (mine ID 4406339). 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
1987
Latest incident
May 1987
Ownership history
  1. Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 4 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

3 on file

1987 · 3 incidents

May 5, 1987 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROCK FALL IN BA7K OFF #4 HEADING ROCK WAS 20' BY 30' 4 1/2' THICK ALL SO HAD ROCK FELL IN MINES NO. 1 HIGHING FELL ABOUT 18' WIDE 60' LONG ROCK FELL OVER NIGHR FOUND ON FIRE BOSS RUN.

April 30, 1987 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CUT LITTLE FING9R PUTTING JACK ON PINNER STARTED TO DROP JACK DOWN IN PINNER CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND AND CUT IT IN JOINT.

April 16, 1987 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sher-Mel Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

MOUNTAIN SEAM L2CATED 60 FT INBY PORTAL BEGINNING IN RT CROSSUCT EXTENDING THROUGH INTERSECTION NO 5 ENTRY MUD SEAM FROM 5FT TO 12FT WIDE AND 30 FT LONG. AREA BOLTED WITH 5FT POINT ANCHOR BO AND ROW OF POST8 WAS INSTALLED WATER SEEPING THROUGH GROUND ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO FALL