State:  Virginia   (Display in Date Order)   (Display in Day Order) Planet links and investigation reports will open in a separate window indicates a female fatality Displays all records in descending fatality order Display all accidents accompanied by an investigation report Or View From These Lists For Virginia: Metal/Nonmetal Disasters Coal and Metal/Nonmetal   Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report 03/13/1884 Laurel  Pocahontas, VA Bituminous Explosion 112 04/03/1867 Bright Hope  Clover Hill, VA Bituminous Explosion 69 03/19/1855 Midlothian  Coalfield, VA Bituminous Explosion 55 03/18/1839 Black Heath  Richmond, VA Bituminous Explosion 53 04/22/1938 Keen Mountain  Grundy, VA Bituminous Explosion 45 02/27/1932 Boisevain  Boisevain, VA Bituminous Explosion 38 02/04/1957 Bishop No. 34  Wise, VA Bituminous Explosion 37 10/03/1906 Pocahontas  Pocahontas, VA Bituminous Explosion 36 02/03/1882 Midlothian  Coalfield, VA Bituminous Explosion 32 05/15/1854 English Pit  New Richmond, VA Bituminous Explosion 20 11/30/1863 Raccoon Pit  Clover Hill, VA Bituminous Explosion 17 08/06/1934 Derby No. 3  Big Stone Gap, VA Bituminous Explosion 17 04/18/1946 Great Valley  McCoy, VA Bituminous Explosion 12 03/16/1907 Greeno  Tacoma, VA Bituminous Explosion 11 06/15/1844 Black Heath  Richmond, VA Bituminous Explosion 11 06/13/1932 Splash Dam No. 6  Splashdam, VA Bituminous Explosion 10 04/13/1859 Bright Hope  Clover Hill, VA Bituminous Explosion 9 11/14/1901 Pocahontas Baby  Pocahontas, VA Bituminous Fire 9 05/20/1876 Midlothian  Coalfield, VA Bituminous Fire 8 11/22/1901 Pocahontas Baby  Pocahontas, VA Bituminous Fire 8 07/16/1912 Carbon Hill  Gayton, VA Bituminous Explosion 8 12/14/1910 Greeno  Tacoma, VA Bituminous Explosion 8 12/07/1992 Southmoutain No. 3  Norton, VA Bituminous Explosion 8 01/21/1911 Carbon Hill No. 1  Carbon Hill, VA Bituminous Explosion 7 06/21/1983 McClure No. 1   McClure, VA Bituminous Explosion 7 11/30/1850 Cox Pit  Winterpock, VA Bituminous Explosion 7 05/20/1948 Clinchfield No. 2  Dante, VA Bituminous Roof Fall 6 01/18/1932 Parrott  Parrott, VA Bituminous Explosion 6 01/10/1909 Carbon Hill  Gayton, VA Bituminous Explosion 6 06/05/1929 Halcon  Bear Creek, VA Bituminous Roof Fall 5 04/04/1978 Moss No. 3 Portal  Duty, VA Bituminous Inundation 5 01/16/1912 Carbon Hill  Carbon Hill, VA Bituminous Explosives 5 02/13/1991 J and T No. 1  St. Charles, VA Bituminous Roof Fall 4 07/07/1977 P and P No. 2  St. Charles, VA Bituminous Explosion 4 08/24/1982 Va. Pocohontas No. 1  Oakwood, VA Bituminous Bin Collapse 3 04/13/1978 Beatrice  Keen Mountain, VA Bituminous Roof Fall 3 02/03/1966 Betty B. No. 2  Herald, VA Bituminous Roof Fall 3 01/24/1967 Va. Pocahontas No. 1  Grundy, VA Bituminous Explosion 3 05/17/1967 No. 3  Oakwood, VA Bituminous Roof Fall 3 07/11/1967 Jewell Smokeless  Vansant, VA Bituminous Pwd Haulage 2 07/15/1997 Seaboard No. 2  Jewell Ridge, VA Bituminous Roof Fall 2

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