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Spring Ridge Coal Inc #1: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Spring Ridge Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Noah B Lambert
Coeburn, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406323

MSHA record for Spring Ridge Coal Inc #1 (mine ID 4406323). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1986–1992
Latest incident
Mar 1992
Ownership history
  1. Spring Ridge Coal Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Spring Ridge Coal Inc #1 sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1992 · 3 incidents

February 3, 1992 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Spring Ridge Coal Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN A HOLE ON MINE FLOOR AND TURNED RT ANKLE.

January 22, 1992 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Spring Ridge Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BENDING RF BOLT PUTTING IT IN HOLE BOLT SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM ON R EAR

1990 · 1 incident

December 7, 1990 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Spring Ridge Coal Inc · Fall from machine

CLIMBING DOWN FROM TRUCK AFTER SECURING TARP FELL FROM LADDER RIP THE TRUCK BED.

1989 · 2 incidents

December 4, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Spring Ridge Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

OPERATOR OF ROOF BOLTER WAS STARTING TO PUT UP FIRST BOLT IN CUT. 100 TO 150 LBS OF COAL FELL FROM THE TOP OF THE RIB HITTING OPERATOR ON RT. LEG BELOW THE KNEE.

July 14, 1989 VA · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator MACHINERY
Spring Ridge Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE SETTING TIMBERS IN FACE ONE TIMBER WAS BEING SAWED WHEN IT SLIPPED & ROLLED INTO TAIMBER WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN SET THIS DISLODGED TIMBER & CAUSED IT TO FALL ON LT UPPE R LEG OF SUBJECT CAUSING A BRUISE

1987 · 1 incident

1986 · 2 incidents