Mining Incidents

#1 Strip: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Dotson Dexter
Coeburn, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406572

MSHA record for #1 Strip (mine ID 4406572). 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
1990
Latest incident
Dec 1990
Ownership history
  1. Dotson & Mullins Coal Company Inc 1990 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

1990 · 1 incident

December 22, 1990 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dotson & Mullins Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED GETTING BATTERIES OFF DOZER HURT BACK.