K & V Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROOF FALL IN OL8 #1 HEADING GOING TO OLD MAINS 60 FT X 18 FT X 4 FT
No 6 Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal
K & V Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Kyle Lawrence
Grundy,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406353
MSHA record for No 6 Mine (mine ID 4406353). 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
- Mar 1987
Ownership history
- K & V Coal Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 6 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 file1987 · 3 incidents
K & V Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROCK FALL IN #13BREAK 2 HEADINGS APPROX 60 FT X 15 FT AND 5 FT HIGH WE WERE TAKING 3 HEADING RT HANDED TRYING TO GET THROUGH FAULT AREA
K & V Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROCK FALL IN #23HEADING ABOUT 25 FOOT LONG AND 18 FT WIDE, 4 FT HIGH.