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Cheyenne #1: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Tommy N Bright I
Norton, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405726

Cheyenne #1 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1993
Latest incident
Jun 1993
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
2
inspections on record
3
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 3 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Elite Coals Inc 1981 to 1985
  2. Cheyenne Processing Company Inc 1985 to 1992
  3. Cheyenne Processing Company Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
1999 0
1998 2
1997 3
1996 3
1995 1
1994 6
1993 8
1992 5
1991 4
1990 4
1989 4
1988 4
1987 4
1986 6
1985 0
1984 5
1983 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Cheyenne #1 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.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1993 · 1 incident

June 25, 1993 VA · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman MACHINERY
Cheyenne Processing Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PATIENT WAS HIT IN THE BACK WHEN METAL BROKE LOOSE AND PINNED HIM BETWEEN METAL AND BEAM CAUSING BACK INJURY.

1984 · 1 incident

June 25, 1984 VA · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elite Coals Inc · Fall from machine

R/R CAR HAD FAULTY BRAKE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. CLIMBING CAR LADDER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER IN HAND. MISSED HAND RUNG FALLING BACKWARD TO GRROUND INJURING RT. HIP.

1983 · 1 incident