Puma Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS RUNNING A CUTTING MACHINE AND WHEN HE TURNED IT ON THE DRILL BAR HIT HIM IN THE CHEST
No1: 1 reportable incident Coal
Puma Mining Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Tommy Joe Owens
Grundy,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405644
MSHA record for No1 (mine ID 4405644). 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
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Aug 1983
Ownership history
- Hope Coal Company 1981 to 1982
- Puma Mining Company Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No1 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.