Lowlands Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING SWITCH WITH WRENCH ANOTHER EMO LOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLT WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT STRIKING HIM ABOVE RIGHT EYE
Surface Mine 126: 1 reportable incident Coal
Lowlands Coal Corp
· Surface
Controlled by
Metec Acquisition Corp
Dante,
Russell County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405835
MSHA record for Surface Mine 126 (mine ID 4405835). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1984
- Latest incident
- Aug 1984
Ownership history
- Lowlands Coal Corp 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Surface Mine 126 sits in Russell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.5% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.