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#9 Stallard Branch: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Barnette Dennis A
Pound, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406789

#9 Stallard Branch has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1995.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1995–1998
Latest incident
Jun 1998
Ownership history
  1. Kodiak Mining Company 1995 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)
1998 25 101,071
1997 26 163,219
1996 27 178,973
1995 29 174,360
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

#9 Stallard Branch 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

4 on file

1998 · 2 incidents

June 4, 1998 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kodiak Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

LOADING A ROCK TRUCK W/992C LOADER, LOADER HUNG IN REVERSE, EE HIT BRAKE BUT DID NOT ACTIVATE AND HIT HIGHWALL BEHIND HIM INJURING LOWER BACK AND NECK.

January 13, 1998 VA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kodiak Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON AN OIL PAN OF A DOZER WITH A WRENCH WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED FROM HAND AND HIT ON HCIN. REQUIRED FOUR STITCHES.

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1997 · 1 incident

January 13, 1997 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Kodiak Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REACHED BACK TO MAKE SURE FIRE EXTING. WAS IN PLACE AND ACCIDENTLY PUT RIGHT RING FINGER IN FAN CUTTING RING FINGER REQUIRING STITCHES.

1995 · 1 incident

June 14, 1995 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Kodiak Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING HAULER HIT A HOLE IN ROAD WHERE A ROCK HAD BEEN PICKED UP WHEN I HIT HOLE IN THREW ME FORWARD A SAFETY BELT CAUGHT UNDER MY ARM & ON T OP OF SHOULDER CAUSING A PULLED MUSCLE