Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
Countries
Peru Chile
English Español
← Back to search

#8 Strip: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Barnette George Jr
Wise, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406038

MSHA record for #8 Strip (mine ID 4406038). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at #8 Strip.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Jan 1985
Ownership history
  1. Barnette Contractors 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

#8 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

1985 · 1 incident

January 30, 1985 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Barnette Contractors · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS STOCKPILING COAL IN PIT WHEN SLOPE STARTED TO FAL LMATERIAL BROKE THE WINDOWS OUT OF THE FRONT OF LOADER AS EMP WAS EXITING MACHINE HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CAB CAUSING LACERATION