Mining Incidents

No 5 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

D O & W Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Hay Walker W
Duty, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405027

MSHA record for No 5 Mine (mine ID 4405027). 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
1983
Latest incident
Sep 1983
Ownership history
  1. D O & W Coal Company Inc 1978 to 1983
  2. D O & W Coal Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 5 Mine 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

1983 · 2 incidents

September 21, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
D O & W Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

SMALL ROCK APP 2 IN THICK 2FT LONG FELL AND STRUCK NECK AND BACK

July 19, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
D O & W Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE MAN WAS WATCHING SCOOP OPERATOR LOAD ROCK BEHING SCOOP. THE OPERATOR DID NOT SEE HIM AND BACKED SCOOP UP OVER THE MANS FOOT.