Mining Incidents

Sycamore No 6: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Pittston Company
Dante, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405273

MSHA record for Sycamore No 6 (mine ID 4405273). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Jul 1985
Ownership history
  1. Clinchfield Coal Company 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sycamore No 6 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

5 on file

1985 · 1 incident

July 29, 1985 VA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TORCH CUTTING A SUPPORT BRACKET OFF A D-8 C FRAME. WHILE CUTTING A CHIP OF METAL GOT INTO HIS EYE. EE WAS WEARING CUTTING GOGGLES BUT STRAP WAS LOOSE PULLING GOGGLES CLOSE ENOUGH TO F ACE SO AS TO PREVENT FOREIGN OBJECTS. 7 DAYS LATER OBJECT HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM EYE.

1983 · 4 incidents

March 3, 1983 VA · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER TO GROUND WHEN WEDDING BAND HUNG UNTO THE LADDER. TORE SKIN AND ARTERIES ON LEFT RING FINGER.

February 25, 1983 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clinchfield Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON PUSH BEAMS BRUISED LEFT LOWER LEG

February 9, 1983 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clinchfield Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL ON FLAT METAL SURFAXCE. CLAIMS TO HAVE INJURED LEFT KNEE AND LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE WORKED ONE HOUR AFTER INJURY WAS SUSTAINED, THEN HAD TO TAKE LEAVE FROM JOB.

January 21, 1983 VA · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clinchfield Coal Company · Fall from machine

SLIPPED AND FELL FROM DOZER HE WAS FUELING THE DOZER AT THE TIME HE FELL 012183 HE DID NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENT UNTIL THE 012683 BY PHONE FROM HIS HOME SAYING HE HAD INJURED HIS BACK AND NECK