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#6 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Theodore Yates
P.O. Box 886 Clintwood, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406797

#6 Mine has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1995.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Dec 1995
Ownership history
  1. Har-Lee Coal Company Inc 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)
1996 11 1,585
1995 20 68,560
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

#6 Mine 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

1995 · 2 incidents

December 18, 1995 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES HIS LEFT RING FINGER WAS CRUSHED IN HINGE POINT WHILE HE WAS OPERATING SCOOP.

October 4, 1995 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE BUMPED RIGHT FOOT ON FLOOR OFSHUTTLE CAR.