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Central Shop: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Sea B Mining Company · Facility
Controlled by Pittston Company
Jewell Ridge, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404302

MSHA record for Central Shop (mine ID 4404302). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1986–1996
Latest incident
Mar 1996
Ownership history
  1. Sea B Mining Company 1976 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Central Shop sits in Tazewell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
Tazewell County, Virginia · Population 39,933
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$45,788
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1996 · 1 incident

March 4, 1996 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sea B Mining Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS PICKING UP TOOLS WHICH HAD FALLEN INTO SOME TALL GARSS AND WEEDS - FEELING SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. WENT TO DR. ON 3-4-96.

1990 · 1 incident

1989 · 1 incident

January 5, 1989 VA · Coal coal sampler ELECTRICAL
Sea B Mining Company · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WORKING FROM THE BUCKET ON THE BUCKET TRUCK-REPAIRING ELECTRICAL WIRE-COMING IN CONTACT WITH WIRE BEING REPAIRED-RECEIVING ELECTRICAL SHOCK & BURN O FINGER.

1987 · 1 incident

November 9, 1987 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sea B Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING BOLTS FROM VALVE CHEST WITH RATCHET STRIKING HAND AGAINST SIDE OF WORK BENCH.

1986 · 1 incident