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Victoria Coal Co Dba Voyager Minin: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Sierra Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by CONSOL Energy Inc
Lambric, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1513547

MSHA record for Victoria Coal Co Dba Voyager Minin (mine ID 1513547). 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
1983
Latest incident
Mar 1983
Ownership history
  1. Voyager Mining Company 1982 to 1984
  2. Sierra Coal Company 1984 to 1986
  3. Sierra Coal Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Victoria Coal Co Dba Voyager Minin sits in Knott County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Knott County, Kentucky · Population 14,046
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$37,736
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

1983 · 2 incidents

March 28, 1983 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Voyager Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FAILURE IN 24 AT 2ND INTERSECTION FROM SURFACE DURING IDLE WEEKEND DIMENSIONS 20FTX50FTX6FT THICK APPEARS FAILURE INDUCED BY WATER SATURATED STRATA WITH SUCK PLANSES AT RT 4S TO EACH OTH ER

January 15, 1983 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Voyager Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF AT SH AND GH INTERSECTION FELL DURING IDLE WEEKEND DIMENSIONS OF FALL APPROX 70 FT X 20 FT X 8 FT THICK IT APPEARS AS THOUGH A LARGE SLICKENSIDED PLANE INDUCED THE FALL WHICH PULLED THE ENTIRE RESIN GROUTED BEAM NO INJURY TO MEN OR EQUIPMENT