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#3 Strip: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Burke Scotty
Coeburn, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406604

MSHA record for #3 Strip (mine ID 4406604). 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
1992
Latest incident
Mar 1992
Ownership history
  1. Three Forks Mining Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#3 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

1992 · 2 incidents

March 23, 1992 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Three Forks Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

AT 8:00;AM THE PARTS RUNNER WAS SENT TO COEBURN PA TO PICK UP PARTS ON HIS WAY BACK AT 8:35AM HE CAME UPON A SECTION OF ROAD WITH SNOW & ICE ON IT LOST CONTROL OF HIS TRUCK & HIT THE DITCH HI T HIS HEAD ON THE DOOR GRASS

February 3, 1992 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Three Forks Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

12:55 PM CERTIFIED BLASTER FIRED A SHOT OF SIX HOLES.A D9G WAS WORKING IN THE AREA WHEN SHOT WAS FIRED.THE OPERATOR RECEIVED GROUND VIBRATIONS FROM THE SHOT.