K & V Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROCK FALL IN BE5T HEADING OF 001 SECTION SECTION WAS PULLED BACK & START ED LEFT SECTION 6 BREAKS OUTBY FALL
No 5 Mine: 5 reportable incidents Coal
K & V Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Kyle Lawrence
Grundy,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406315
MSHA record for No 5 Mine (mine ID 4406315). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1986
- Latest incident
- Dec 1986
Ownership history
- K & V Coal Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 5 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
5 on file1986 · 5 incidents
December 3, 1986
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
K & V Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
I.NAME WAS OPER5TING THE ROOF BOLT ER & PINNER STEEL STOPPED UP HE LOWERED HEAD OF ROOF BOLTER & STEEL REMAINED IN HOLE HE PUT HIS HAND ON PINNER HEAD TO FEELIT IT WAS SUCKIN HE RAISED PINNE9 HEAD UP & MASHED HAND AGAINST PINNER STEEL
December 2, 1986
VA · Coal
cutting machine helper, undercutter operator helper
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K & V Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
I.NAME WAS PULL3NG ROPE OFF OF CUTTING MACHINE & SAID HE STRAINED HIS BACK. HE WORKED REMAINDER OF SHIFT & NEXT DAY & HE TOLD ME HE WAS O.K. THAT HIS BACK WAS NOT HURTING.
K & V Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object
SCOOP OPR CAUGH7 HIS KNEE AGAINST TOP AND HIS MUSCLE ON LOWER LEG HIT THE PANEL BOARD IN SCOOP CDECK IT BRUISED HIS MUSCLE
K & V Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I NAME AND I NA4E WERE USING A BAR TO SLICLE THE FRONT END.OF A TAIL PIECE BACK IN LINE.I NAME SAID HE FELT A STINGING IN HIS BACK.HE DIDN'T REPORT THIS TO ME UNTIL 9-23-86.