Mining Incidents

Strip #10: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Race Fork Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by MAPCO Inc
Big Rock, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406124

MSHA record for Strip #10 (mine ID 4406124). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1987–1990
Latest incident
Oct 1990
Ownership history
  1. Race Fork Coal Corp 1984 to 1989
  2. Race Fork Coal Corp 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Strip #10 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

4 on file

1990 · 1 incident

October 2, 1990 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DOZER WHEN DUST BLEW INTO HIS EYE. (LEFT)

1988 · 2 incidents

May 16, 1988 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A ROCK TRUCK. HE WAS TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AND THOUGHT HE HAD A TURN LEFT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE STEERING WHEEL STOPPED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE'S WRIST TO TURN BACK RE SULTING IN A SPRAIN, LEFT WRIST.

January 27, 1988 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON A SNOW COVERED CRIB BLOCK PUMPING OIL INTO ROCK TRUCK.EMPLOYEE'S FEET SLIPPED OFF OF BLOCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL.EMPLOYEE PUT HIS HAND OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF CAUSING HIM T O BREAK HIS LEF7 WRIST.

1987 · 1 incident

May 8, 1987 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

THIS IS A REOCC6RRENCE OF AN ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED ON 12-9-86, WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A BATTERY IN A ROCK TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED AND FRACTURED HIS RIGHT ELBOW AND SHOULDER WHE N HE LIFTED THE3BATTERY ONTO THE ROCK TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK 4-2087 AND WORKED UNTIL 5-8-87.