Mining Incidents

Surface Mine No 7: 3 reportable incidents Coal

United Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by United Company
Grundy, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405994

MSHA record for Surface Mine No 7 (mine ID 4405994). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Aug 1984
Ownership history
  1. United Coal Corp 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Surface Mine No 7 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

3 on file

1984 · 3 incidents

August 27, 1984 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF LIFTING 50POUND BAGS OF BLASTING AGENT WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK

May 18, 1984 VA · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WORKED ALL DAY BUILDING A HIGHWALL SAFETY SCREEN. IN ORDER TO PERFORM THIS JOB HE HAD TO DO A LOT OF LIGHT LIFTING AND BENDING OVER TO WELD PARTS TOGETHER, AND THIS RESULTED IN A STRA IN TO THE LOWER BACK.

April 16, 1984 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EE WAS GETTING OUT OF A BACK DUMP TRUCK & DIDN\T PLACE HIS FOOT SECURLEY IN THE BOTTOM CHAIN STEP & HE SLIPPED LOOSING HIS 3 POINTS CONTACT WITH THE LADDER & COULD NOT REGAIN HIS BALANCE & F ELL RESULTING IN A BROKEN ANKLE.