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#6 Strip & Auger: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Browning Denver
Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406296

MSHA record for #6 Strip & Auger (mine ID 4406296). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986–1988
Latest incident
Jan 1988
Ownership history
  1. General Trucking Corp 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#6 Strip & Auger 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

1988 · 1 incident

January 29, 1988 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
General Trucking Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MAN WAS IN CAB OF COAL TRUCK ASSISTING IN THE REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION WHEN THE LIFTING BOLT BROKE ALLOWING THE SHIVE PULLEY TO STRIKE HIM IN THE ABDOMEN.

1986 · 1 incident

September 5, 1986 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
General Trucking Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKED UP BAG P2WDER PULLED MUSCLE INSIDE & BACK.