Mining Incidents

#1 Strip: 1 reportable incident Coal

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

MSHA record for #1 Strip (mine ID 4402860). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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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.

#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.