River Bend Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
RF FALL #3 ENTRY 10 CROSSCUT INBY PORTAL
No 4 Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal
River Bend Mining Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Vandyke Leon & James Messer
Hurley,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406663
MSHA record for No 4 Mine (mine ID 4406663). 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
- 1992
- Latest incident
- Feb 1992
Ownership history
- Wellmore Coal Corp 1991 to 1991
- River Bend Mining Inc 1991 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
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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.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 file1992 · 3 incidents
River Bend Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
RIB FALL #3 ENTRY 7 CROSSCUT INBY PORTAL 18X18X8 FOOT T HICK FALL WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP
River Bend Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL #3 ENTRY 150'OUTBY FACE CRIB OFF,FALL 18' X 18' X 8'THICK.