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#5 Strip: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Barnette Dennis A
Pound, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406579

#5 Strip has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1992.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1992
Latest incident
May 1992
Ownership history
  1. Kodiak Mining Company 1990 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)
1993 9 34,595
1992 23 202,325
1991 16 93,627
1990 7 46,163
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

#5 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

1 on file

1992 · 1 incident

May 15, 1992 VA · Coal EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Kodiak Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

SHOT WAS LOADED AND WIRED TO BE DETONATED. ALL EQUIPMENT AND MANPOWER WERE REMOVED FROM AREA WHEN ELETRICAL STORM APPROACHED. LEAD WIRES WERE SHUNTED. DETONATION OF 5 HOLES OCCURRED BY LIGHTEN ING. AREA WAS BLOCKED OFF AND GUARDED UNTIL SAT. MORNING WHEN THE REST OF THE HOLES WERE DETONATED.