Mining Incidents

#2: 1 reportable incident Coal

Hiope Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Ronald Combs
Bandy, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405746

#2 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1991.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
Aug 1991
Ownership history
  1. Nichols Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1991
  2. Hiope Mining Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1992 14 3,195
1991 15 88,731
1984 0
1983 5 15,380
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

#2 sits in Tazewell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
Tazewell County, Virginia · Population 39,933
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$45,788
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

1991 · 1 incident

August 28, 1991 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hiope Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE HAD LEFT ARM DOWN IN OIL TANK CHANGING FILTER WHEN FEET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL PUTTING ALL WEIGHT ON LEFT ARM & KNOCKING SHOULDER OUT OF PLACE.