Mining Incidents

No 7 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Triple E Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Ellis Baldwin
Harman, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406532

MSHA record for No 7 Mine (mine ID 4406532). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Feb 1990
Ownership history
  1. Triple E Coal Corp 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 7 Mine sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
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

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

February 14, 1990 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triple E Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE CUT LEFT AHND WHILE REMOVING BROKEN ROOF BOLT FROM BELT DRIVE ON SURFACE.