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#1 Strip: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Blevins A C
Trammel, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406774

MSHA record for #1 Strip (mine ID 4406774). 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
1995
Latest incident
Feb 1995
Ownership history
  1. Black Falcon Enterprise Inc 1994 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

1 on file

1995 · 1 incident

February 1, 1995 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Falcon Enterprise Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING 2 OTHER MEN WITH REPAIR WORK ON A DOZER. THE IDLER ON THE MACHINE ACCIDENTLY MOVED FORWARD CATCHING THE EMPLOYEE'S FOOT. ACCORDING TO DICKENSON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER HE RECEIVED A BROKEN TOE.