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Valley No 2: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Ramaco Resources Inc
Swords Creek, Russell County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406763

MSHA record for Valley No 2 (mine ID 4406763). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1995–1996
Latest incident
Nov 1996
Ownership history
  1. Knox Creek Coal Corp 1994 to 1997
  2. Shady Lane Coal Corp 1995 to 1995
  3. Knox Creek Coal Corporation 1997 to 2016
  4. Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Valley No 2 sits in Russell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.5% 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.
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.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1996 · 1 incident

November 27, 1996 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Knox Creek Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A SLICKER SIDED SLIP APPROX. 48" THICK 20' WIDE, AND 20' LONG, FELL APPROX. 50' OUTBY SURVEY STATION #83.

1995 · 1 incident

September 14, 1995 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Shady Lane Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

OPERATOR OF OFFSIDE EIMCO PINNER WAS NEAR THE REAR OF THE BOLTER ON THE OFFSIDE AS THE MACHINE WAS BEING MOVED BY THE OTHER OPERATOR. THE FIRST CUT OF THE LEFT BREAK WAS BEING BOLTED. A PIECE OF ROCK ABOUT 18" LONG X 10" WIDE X 1" THICK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING THE VICTIM ON THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND. HIS HAND WAS SCRATCHED AND BRUISED.