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Race Fork Strip #1: 11 reportable incidents Coal

Race Fork Coal Corp · Surface
Hurley, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405626

MSHA record for Race Fork Strip #1 (mine ID 4405626). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Dec 1986
Ownership history
  1. Race Fork Coal Corp 1981 to 1982
  2. Race Fork Coal Corp 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Race Fork Strip #1 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

11 on file

1986 · 4 incidents

December 9, 1986 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING BATTERIES IN A ROCK TRUCK. TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES, OTHER EMPLOYEES LIFTED THE BATTERY UP TO EMPLOYEE, WHO LIFTED THE BATTERY UP ONTO THE TRUCK AND THEN MOVED BATTERY INTO PL ACE. WHILE LIFT3NG THE BATTERY, EMPLOYEE STRAINED AND FRACTURED RIGHT ELBOW AND SHOULDER.

June 17, 1986 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VING A ROCK TRUCK WHEN DUST PARTICLES BLEW THROUGH THE TRUCK WINDOW RESULTING IN THE DUST GETTING IN HIS EYE

March 31, 1986 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VNG A 773-B ROCK TRUCK, WHEN THE TRUCK HIT A RUT IN THE ROAD CAUSING THE STEEING WHEEL TO JERK ABRUPTLY ANDJAMMED HIS RIGHT WRIST; RESULTING IN A FRACTURED DISTAL RADUIS.

January 13, 1986 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

AS THE EMPLOYEE3ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW OF THE ROCK TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING THE WIND BLEW DUST INTO THE EMLOYEES EYE

1985 · 1 incident

December 26, 1985 VA · Coal drill operator ELECTRICAL
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 HELPING TO CHARGE THE BATTERY ON THE DRILL TO GET IT STARTED, BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER, WHEN THE BATTER EXPLODED CAUSING THE LID FROM THE CASE TO BLOW OFF, HITTING THE EMPL

1984 · 3 incidents

October 29, 1984 VA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ON TOP OF DRILL TO UNTANGLE HYDRAULIC LINE CAUGHT ON LINE RACK. EMPLOYEES FOOT SLIPPED OFF TOP OF LEVELING JACK RESULTING IN A 4\ TO 6\ FALL TO DECK. EMPLOYEE FELL ON TOP OF P F PUMPS AND OTHER OBJECTS. THIS INJURY HAS RESULTED IN LUMBAR SPONDYLITIS OF L4-5 & SU

September 27, 1984 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UNRAVELLING A DRILL CHAIN THAT WAS ON TOP OF THE DRILL HEAD.THE CHAIN SLIPPED STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ACROSS THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO THE UPPER LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO THE UPPER LEFT JAW BONE.

June 29, 1984 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMP WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING POWDER MAGIZINES WHEN THE MAGAZINE SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING THE CABLE OF THE WINCH TO STRIKE THE LEGS OF EMP KNOCKING HIM OFF THE TRUCK AND OVER THE HILL

1983 · 3 incidents

December 12, 1983 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMP WAS RUNNING A LOADER AND LOADING TRUCKS WHEN THE LOADER STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS THE EMP WAS AFRAID THE LOADER WAS GOING TO ROLL OVER A DROP APPROX 15\ HIGH SO HE JUMPED OUT BRUISING HIS RIGHT FOOT, LEFT HIP & BACK

April 27, 1983 VA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING THE MECHINC WORK ON THE DRILL WHE APPARENTLY THE EMPLOYEE\S FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL RESULTING IN AN ACUTE LUMBOSACRAL BACK STRAIN, RIGHT AND RIGHT INTERNAL OBLIQ UE MUSCLE STRAIN.

March 15, 1983 VA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall from machine

STEPPED INTO BACK OF GREASE TRUCK TO START COMPRESSOR.GETTING OUT OF TRUCK HE STEPPED INTO GREASE CAUSING FEET TO SLIDE OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND EHE FELL FROM BACK OF TRUCK ONTO GROUND.SPRAIN TO BACK AND PULLED LIGAMENTS IN LEFT KNEE.