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Dale Ridge Hollow #4: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Garry W Carroll
Coeburn, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406908

Dale Ridge Hollow #4 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1998.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Oct 1998
Ownership history
  1. Garry Carroll Trucking Inc 1998 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)
1999 0
1998 31 161,569
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Dale Ridge Hollow #4 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

3 on file

1998 · 3 incidents

October 15, 1998 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Garry Carroll Trucking Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVING PIN IN PUSHARM OF DOZER, THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF PIN AND HIT EE IN THE WRIST

August 24, 1998 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Garry Carroll Trucking Inc · Fall from machine

REAR OF SERVICE TRUCK HAD OIL ON FLOOR AND HAND RAILS WERE SLICK. ALL OF THIS CAUSED MULTIPLE STRAINS AND BRUISES.

May 22, 1998 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Garry Carroll Trucking Inc · Struck against a moving object

WAS PUSHING IN SHOT WITH DOZER. HAD SOME BACK PAIN. FINISHED SHIFT AT 5:30 AM WENT TO ER ROOM THAT AFTERNOON, DR TOLD HIM HE HAD A SLIPPED DISC. THE CO DID NOT KNOW THAT THIS WAS A JOB RELATED PROBLEM UNTIL 6/1/98