Mining Incidents

Surface Mine No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Brantar Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Cook Bobby
Grundy, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406054

MSHA record for Surface Mine No 1 (mine ID 4406054). 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
1987
Latest incident
Jan 1987
Ownership history
  1. Brantar Mining Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Surface Mine No 1 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

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

January 27, 1987 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Brantar Mining Inc · Fall from machine

SAID EMPLOYEE W5S STARTING A R-50 ROCK TRUCK SAID TRUCK FLEW INTO GEAR AND SAID EMPLOYEE FELL OFF RUNNING BOARD AND BRUISED HIS BACK