Mining Incidents

Red Ash Plant Coal

Knox Creek Coal Corp · Facility
Red Ash, Va, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4400284

MSHA record for Red Ash Plant (mine ID 4400284). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. New Garden Coal Corp 1976 to 1980
  2. Knox Creek Coal Corp 1980 to 1985
  3. Knox Creek Coal Corp 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Red Ash Plant 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 reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.