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#1 Strip: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Burke Scotty
Nora, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406385

MSHA record for #1 Strip (mine ID 4406385). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
Aug 1989
Ownership history
  1. Three Forks Mining Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#1 Strip sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

August 8, 1989 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Three Forks Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

TURNED DOZER OVER CUT HAND

1988 · 3 incidents

June 7, 1988 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Three Forks Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPL WAS BACKING UP IN BULLDOZER STRUCK A ROCK CAUSING BACK INJURY.

April 29, 1988 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Three Forks Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVING PIN INTO TOOTH IN LOADER BUCKET SMASHED FINGER WITH HAMMER

April 1, 1988 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Three Forks Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS DRIVING HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN MINE & HIS EQUIPMENT HOOKED ON A ROCK HE HAD A SEAT BELT & WAS BOUNCED IN THE SEAT SINCE THEN HE HAS HAD SEVERE PAIN IN H IS LOWER BACK GOING INTO THE LEFT H IP UT STAYING ABOVE THE LEFT KNEE