Data / Mines / Virginia / Buchanan Mine #1
Buchanan Mine #1: 2,093 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Buchanan Mine #1 is an active coal (bituminous) underground mine in Buchanan County, Virginia, operated by Buchanan Minerals, LLC with 770 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4404856). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 2,093 citations and orders there with $1,368,793 in proposed penalties, and 215 accident reports were filed there, with 180 injury or illness cases, 1 of them fatal.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4404856
- Status
- Active since November 5, 2012
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Buchanan County, Virginia
- Nearest town
- Mavisdale
- Operator
- Buchanan Minerals, LLC
- Parent company
- Coronado Coal LLC
- Employees
- 770
- MSHA field office
- Vansant VA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 2,093
- Significant and substantial
- 385 (18.4%)
- Closure orders
- 16
- High negligence or reckless
- 42
- Proposed penalties
- $1,368,793
- Amount paid so far
- $968,119
- Inspections
- 414
- Inspector hours on site
- 23,544
- Citations per inspection
- 5.06 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 215
- Injury and illness cases
- 180
- Fatalities
- 1
- Latest MSHA record
- November 5, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 26 ($34,536 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 344 | 69 | $150,839 | 30 |
| 2023 | 430 | 88 | $260,380 | 31 |
| 2024 | 549 | 90 | $455,792 | 47 |
| 2025 | 364 | 63 | $288,925 | 35 |
| 2026 | 406 | 75 | $212,857 | 37 |
Standards cited most at Buchanan Mine #1
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 75.400 | Underground coal mines, safety | 228 |
| 30 CFR 75.370 | Underground coal mines, safety | 182 |
| 30 CFR 75.503 | Underground coal mines, safety | 111 |
| 30 CFR 75.403 | Underground coal mines, safety | 98 |
| 30 CFR 75.1731 | Underground coal mines, safety | 87 |
| 30 CFR 75.512 | Underground coal mines, safety | 85 |
| 30 CFR 75.351 | Underground coal mines, safety | 69 |
| 30 CFR 75.342 | Underground coal mines, safety | 67 |
| 30 CFR 75.517 | Underground coal mines, safety | 62 |
| 30 CFR 75.1403 | Underground coal mines, safety | 58 |
| 30 CFR 75.1722 | Underground coal mines, safety | 50 |
| 30 CFR 75.380 | Underground coal mines, safety | 50 |
| 30 CFR 75.202 | Underground coal mines, safety | 49 |
| 30 CFR 75.1100-3 | Underground coal mines, safety | 47 |
| 30 CFR 75.1911 | Underground coal mines, safety | 41 |
Injury and illness cases at Buchanan Mine #1
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Fatality | 1 |
| Permanent disability | 4 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 76 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 99 |
What the accident reports at Buchanan Mine #1 describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Dust disease of lungs | 55 |
| Handling of materials | 36 |
| Hoisting | 30 |
| Machinery | 22 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 18 |
| Fall of roof or back | 15 |
| Slip or fall of person | 14 |
| Powered haulage | 11 |
| Disorders (repeated trauma) | 6 |
| Other | 3 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Buchanan Mine #1
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Elevator | 30 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 18 |
| Rock or roof bolting machine | 13 |
| Mancar | 5 |
| Load-haul-dump | 5 |
| Tugger | 2 |
| Longwall machine | 2 |
| Mucking machine | 2 |
| Longwall subparts | 2 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
Other open mines in Buchanan County, Virginia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paw Paw 2 South | Banner Blue Coal Company | Buchanan County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 7 | 291 |
| Ce#3 | CW Reclaim, LLC | Buchanan County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 2 | 192 |
| Laurel Branch Surface | CW Reclaim, LLC | Buchanan County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 3 | 155 |
| Wellmore #8 Prep Plant | Black Diamond Company | Buchanan County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 2 | 87 |
| Elk Creek Surface | Surface Minerals Company | Buchanan County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 63 |
| #7 Prep Plant | Wellmore Coal Company, LLC | Buchanan County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 36 |
| Coronet Jewell Prep Plant #2 | Jewell Smokeless Coal Corp | Buchanan County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 18 | 27 |
| Airport Surface | Surface Minerals Company | Buchanan County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 23 |
| Surface Mine No. 1 | Surface Minerals Company | Buchanan County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 21 |
| S-5 Ailly Branch | Civil, LLC | Buchanan County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 4 | 14 |
| #9 Miner | CW Reclaim, LLC | Buchanan County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 13 |
| S-8 Jones Fork | Civil, LLC | Buchanan County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 11 |
| Empire | Denali Energy Group LLC | Buchanan County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 10 |
| Auger 10 | P B Dirt Movers Inc | Buchanan County, VA | Coal (anthracite) | 0 | 8 |
| English Branch Prep Plant | Southwest Virginia Mining Company, LLC | Buchanan County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 5 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.