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Camp Creek #1 Strip: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Clintwood, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406332

Camp Creek #1 Strip has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Oct 1988
Ownership history
  1. Lambert Coal Company Inc 1986 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)
1989 3 6,344
1988 11 83,618
1987 7 33,169
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Camp Creek #1 Strip sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
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 · 2 incidents

October 26, 1988 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS THE OPERATOR OF A HAULER. HE RAN OVER A HOLE ON THE HARD ROAD CAUSING THE HAULER TO JAR HIM IN THE OPERATOR'S CAB.

January 12, 1988 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lambert Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING OFF OF THE DOZER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE TRACK CAUSING HIM TO FALL & GET HIS FOOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TRACK & THE PUSH ARM.