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Flemingtown Reclamation: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by El Paso Energy Corp
Pound, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406021

MSHA record for Flemingtown Reclamation (mine ID 4406021). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1990–1992
Latest incident
Jun 1992
Ownership history
  1. Marco Inc 1983 to 1990
  2. Ka-Ron Enterprises Inc 1990 to 1991
  3. Virginia Iron Coal & Coke Company 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Flemingtown Reclamation 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

2 on file

1992 · 1 incident

June 24, 1992 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Virginia Iron Coal & Coke Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO THE DIESEL SERVICE PICK UP TRUCK AND STRUCK THE TOP OF HIS HEAD AGAINST THE TOP OF THE DOOR FACING JAM.AT WORK THE NEXT DAY WHILE BREAKING COAL WITH THE LOADER HIS NE CK BEGAN TO HURT HIS ARM WAS NUMB(LEFT) AND HIS LEFT EYE BLURRED.HE HAS A BUMP ON TOP OF HEAD.

1990 · 1 incident

August 8, 1990 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ka-Ron Enterprises Inc · Struck by flying object

MECHANIC WAS DRIVING TRACK PIN I DOZER TRACK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN SLIVER OF METAL BROKE OFF & INJ RIGHT FOREARM.