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#11 Strip: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Steven R Mullins
Pound, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406589

MSHA record for #11 Strip (mine ID 4406589). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1990–1993
Latest incident
Aug 1993
Ownership history
  1. Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#11 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

6 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

August 11, 1993 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS STANDING ON THE TRACK WHILE CHECKING HIS OIL AND HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

1992 · 1 incident

September 16, 1992 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN SKID AND MAIN FRAME OF AUGER WHILE PUTTING SKID INTO PLACE UNDER AUGER.

1991 · 2 incidents

October 29, 1991 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MECHANIC WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE NEW BUSHING IN THE END OF BULL DOZER PUSH ARMS. THE SLEDGE HAMMER GLANCED OFF OF THE DRIVE PIN, STRIKING THE TOP OF LEFT FOOT.

1990 · 1 incident

August 2, 1990 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Steven R Mullins Excavating Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE SLUMPED OVER WHILE RUNNING DOZER, OTHER OPER NOTICED HIM AND RADIOED HIM, WHEN NO RESPONSE, HE USED HIS DOZER TO STOP HIS DOZER, UPON CHECKING NO PULSE WAS FOUND. RESCUE SQUAD WAS CALLED