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Edison Mine: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Lawson Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Lawson John & Truman
Coeburn, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405033

Edison Mine has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Feb 1984
Ownership history
  1. Bell Coal Company 1978 to 1981
  2. Edison Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1981
  3. Edison Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1983
  4. Lawson Mining Company Inc 1983 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)
1985 0
1984 23 38,086
1983 25 64,156
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Edison Mine 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

5 on file

1984 · 1 incident

February 17, 1984 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Lawson Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

SCOOP WAS STUCK EMPL GOT ON IT WHEN IT CAME UNSTUCK IT HAD TURNED UP A ROCK WHEN SCOOP RUN OVER ROCK IT THROUGH ME INTO TOP.

1983 · 4 incidents

August 2, 1983 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lawson Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CARRYING BELT STRUCTURE LOST FOOTING INJURING SHOULDER

July 14, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Lawson Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

HIT IN MOUTH WITH ROOF BOLT WHILE INSTALLING THE BOLT WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED

June 4, 1983 VA · Coal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
Lawson Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WE HAD A 950 ENDLOADER MOVING A SET OF 482 SCOOP BATTERIES BY WAY OF A CHAIN TO A BATTERY STAND LAWSON WAS IN BEHIND THE BATTERIES GRINDING THEM ON THE STAND WHEN THE CHAIN SLIPPED AND THE BAT TERIES PINNED LAWSONS LEGS HIS LEFT ANKLE WAS BROKEN ANKLE BONE WAS PUT OUT OF JOINT AND HE TORE 3 LIGAMENTS