Mining Incidents

#4 Coal

Controlled by Shelton Donald Lee
Shortt Gap, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406765

MSHA record for #4 (mine ID 4406765). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Knox Creek Coal Corp 1994 to 1994
  2. Terrie Lynn Coal Company Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#4 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 reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.