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#1 Strip: 1 reportable incident Coal

Wilder Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by Mullins Shelcy
Wise, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4402860

#1 Strip has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1986.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Oct 1986
Ownership history
  1. Wilder Coal Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1986 28 87,978
1985 0
1984 24 322
1983 30 110,402
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

#1 Strip sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% 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.
Wise County, Virginia · Population 35,727
5.9%
Mining share of county employment
$50,740
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident

October 15, 1986 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wilder Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

OP WAS LOADING 7HE BUCKET OF THE FRONT END LOADER WITH SHOT MATERIAL. THE OP WAS BOUNCED INTO THE STEERING COLUMN. THE LOADER OP WORKED 1 SHIFT AFTER ACCIDENT. HE COMPLAINED THAT HIS KNEE WA S SORE. OP WAS 4EARING SEAT BELT.