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#1a Strip: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Thomas V Cooper
Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406833

MSHA record for #1a Strip (mine ID 4406833). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1997
Latest incident
Feb 1997
Ownership history
  1. Cane Patch Mining Company Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#1a 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

2 on file

1997 · 2 incidents

February 17, 1997 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cane Patch Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS TRANSFERRING GREASE FROM A DAMAGED 55 GAL. DRUM INTO ANOTHER CONTAINER. WHILE WIPING THE INNER SURFACE OF THE DAMAGED DRUM WITH A RAG, HIS HAND CAME OIN CONTACT WITH A JAGGED/SHARP EDG E. THE LITTLE FING ON THE EE'S RT. HAND WA CUT. A BANDAGE WAS APPLIED TO THE WOUND AND HE CONTINUED TO WORK. WENT TO DR. AND RECEIVED A TETANUS SHOT.

January 9, 1997 VA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Cane Patch Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING AN AIR TRACK DRILL, A DRILL STEEL COUPLING CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK EE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD. THE EE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE DRILL AND SAW THE COUPLING AS IT CAME LOOSE. H E WAS INJURED WHILE TRYING TO CLEAR HIMSELF OF THE FLYING OBJECT.