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No 4 Mine: 1 recorded fatality Coal
MSHA record for No 4 Mine (mine ID 4406620). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 13
- Years on record
- 1991–1996
- Latest incident
- Jan 1996
- Wellmore Coal Corp 1990 to 1991
- Old Dominion Energy Inc 1991 to present
No 4 Mine sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% of county employment.
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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.Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
12 on file (excluding fatalities above)1996 · 1 incident
HIT BY FALLING ROCK WHILE BENDING TO GET BITS OUT OF THE TOOL BOX OF THE ROOF BOLTER.
1995 · 3 incidents
A ROOF FALL 20'L, 6'H, 20'W OCCURRED ON 11-14-95AT 2:00PM ON SPAD #645.
A ROOF FALL 20 FT LONG, 5 FT THICK IN HEIGHT, 20 FT WIDE WAS FOUND ON 11-13-95 AT 545 AM ON SURVEY STATION 652.
A ROOF FALL 40' L, 15' H, 40' W, WAS FOUND ON 1/30/95 AT 5:30 AM, ONE BREAK OUTBY FACE AREA ON SPAD NO. 869.
1994 · 1 incident
A ROOF FALL 20 FEET LONG, 4 FEET THICK, 20 FEET WIDE OCCURRED ON 7-1-94 AT 5:30 AM ONE BREAK OUTBY SPAD NO 729.
1993 · 1 incident
HE WAS OPERATING THE MINER YB REMOTE CONTROL, WHENR OCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS, HITTING HIM ON HIS RIGHT LEG.
1992 · 5 incidents
EE STATED THAT HE HIT/BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY OF THE SCOOP ON 10/05/92; HOWEVER, HE CONTINED TO WORK, SEEING THE DOCTOR ON 10/15/92 WHEN THE PAIN BECAME WORSE.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING UNROLL A ROLL OF BELT AND THAT HE APPARENTLY STRAINED HIMSELF.
INJURED STATED THAT A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE RIB,HITTING HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BACK.AS HE MOVED HE SLIPPED AND ALSO HURT HIS LEFT ANKLE.
INJURED STATED THAT ON 02-06-92 HE WAS HELPING SERVICE THE MINER,WHEN HE HIT HIS KNEE ON MINER BOOM.HE SAW A DOCTOR ON 02-07-92;HOWEVER ,THE RESULTS WERE NOT KNOWN UNTIL 03-09-92 WHEN HIS KNEE BEGAN TO GIAVE HIM A LOT OF TROUBLE AGAIN AND HE SAW HIS DOCTOR AGAIN.
A ROOF FALL 40 FEET LONG, 4 FEET THICK, 20 FEET WIDE WAS FOUND ON 2-3-92 AT 5:30 AM OUTBY SPAD #185.
1991 · 1 incident
A ROOF FALL 60 FEET LONG, 4 FEET THICK, 5 FEET WIDE OCCURRED ON 6-13-91 AT 2:30 P.M. AT #3 INTERSECTION, 60 FEET OUTBY THE FACE AREA.