Mining Incidents

Nine Mile #1Coal

Appalachia, Wise County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407252
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2015
Latest incident
Nov 2015
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2015 · 1 incident

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee's work shift ended at 3:00 pm. At approx. 4:40 pm while still on mine property picking up plastic pipe for his personal use, he suffered a massive heart attack, per Medical Examiner at Wellmont Lonesome Pine Hospital in Big Stone, VA. The Security Guard witnessed him having chest pains and going unconscious. Will send copy of death cert. when available.