Mining Incidents

No1: 10 reportable incidents Coal

P A Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by William P Harris
Jewell Ridge, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4404889

MSHA record for No1 (mine ID 4404889). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1988–1990
Latest incident
Aug 1990
Ownership history
  1. P A Coal Company Inc 1977 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No1 sits in Tazewell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
Tazewell County, Virginia · Population 39,933
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$45,788
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1990 · 3 incidents

January 10, 1990 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
P A Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL POUNDING METAL WITH HAMMER FOREIGN BODY GOT IN EMPL LEFT EYE.

1989 · 6 incidents

April 15, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
P A Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROCK FELL ON KNEE WHILE MOVING ROOF BOLTER.

March 17, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
P A Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALLEGES HE WAS MOVING SAFTEY JACK AND TWISTED AND STRAINED BACK.

1988 · 1 incident

June 21, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
P A Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PUTTING UP BOLT STARTED A HOLE.ROCK FEL LL AND HIT HOM ON LEFT KNEE.