Mining Incidents

Raging Bull Surface Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Pittston Company
Cleveland, Russell County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406683

MSHA record for Raging Bull Surface Mine (mine ID 4406683). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1992
Latest incident
May 1992
Ownership history
  1. Clinchfield Coal Company 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Raging Bull Surface Mine sits in Russell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.5% 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.
Russell County, Virginia · Population 25,635
4.5%
Mining share of county employment
$49,020
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1992 · 2 incidents

May 22, 1992 VA · Coal transit man, surveyor/transit worker OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
Clinchfield Coal Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

POISON IVY GROWING IN AREA OF WORK.MANAGEMENT UNAWARE OF MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL RECIEVED PHYSICIANS REPORT IN OFFICE.

May 5, 1992 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

STRAIGHTENING UP PARTS BENT OVER TO RAISE JACKHAMMER FELT PAIN IN BACK