Mining Incidents

No 9: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Theodore Yates
Calvin, Lee County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406862

MSHA record for No 9 (mine ID 4406862). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1997–1999
Latest incident
Jan 1999
Ownership history
  1. Four-O-Mining Company Inc 1996 to 1997
  2. Bethlehem Coal Corp 1997 to 1998
  3. Har-Lee Coal Company Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 9 sits in Lee County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Lee County, Virginia · Population 22,042
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$42,269
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1999 · 1 incident

January 7, 1999 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS UNLOADING TIMBERS AND FELT AN ABDOMINAL/GROIN STRAIN.

1998 · 4 incidents

August 27, 1998 VA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING CABLE AND HURT HIS LEG ON 8/27/98. HE SAYS THIS WAS A REU=INJURY FROM A FEW DAYS PREVIOUS. HE REPORTED INJURY 8/27/98.

August 23, 1998 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A ROOF FALL OCCURED APPROX 500' OUTBY THE 001-0 WORKING SECTION IN A RETURN ENTRY. THE AREA HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY DANGERED OFF. NO CLEANUP IS PLANNED AT THIS TIME.

1997 · 3 incidents

September 1, 1997 VA · Coal FIRE
Bethlehem Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

EE WAS REMOVED WHILE IN PROCESS OF USING TORCHES TO CUT AND REMOVE AN OLD PAD LOCK THE METAL PARTS SUPPLY TRAILER INNER WALL INSULATION BECAME IGNITED BY FLAME OR HEAT FROM THE CUTTING TORCHES . THE INNER WALL CAUGHT FIRE AND ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO EXTINGUIER WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND WATER UNTIL THE DISCUSSION WAS MADE TO LEFT BURN.

July 22, 1997 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bethlehem Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

340 FOOT FROM THE FACE IN THE #1 ENTRY A 80' X 19' HEIGHT ESTIMATED TO BE 6' TO 12' HIGH FALL AT SPAD 55597 250 FEET INBY PORTAL OCCURRED. MSHA AND STATE WERE NOTIFIED AT 10:00 AM SAME DAY. WE WERE USING 5 FOOT RESIN BOLTS AT THE MINE.

July 10, 1997 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bethlehem Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUSHING ON A ROOF BOLT WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HEAD, RT. SHOULDER AND RT. SIDE OF NECK.