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Kelsa #3 Strip: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Kelsa Corp · Surface
Wise, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406314

MSHA record for Kelsa #3 Strip (mine ID 4406314). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Mar 1987
Ownership history
  1. Kelsa Corp 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Kelsa #3 Strip 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

1987 · 2 incidents

March 30, 1987 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kelsa Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING IN COAL PIT WHEN LOADER WHEEL RAN IN SINK HOLE CAUSING EMPLOYEE'S HEAD TO HIT THE WINDOWGLASS SCRAPING HIS EAR.

January 13, 1987 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kelsa Corp · Fall from machine

AS INJURED CLIM6ED DOWN FROM TRUCK, HE STUMBLED BACKWARDS ON THE GROUND AND FELL TO THE GROUND. THE FOREMAN ASKED IF HE HAD INJURED HIMSELF AND HE SAID, "NO, I'M ALRIGHT." THE FOREMAN THEN LAI D THE EMPLOYEE 2FF BECAUSE HE NO LONGER NEEDED HIM ON THE JOB. THE FOREMAN DID NOT FIND OUT ABOUT THE INJURY UNTIL 1-15-87.

1986 · 1 incident

September 30, 1986 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kelsa Corp · Fall from machine

STEPPED OFF OF 9OCK HAULER AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. EMPLOYEE WORKED THE REST OF THE DAY AND THE DAY FOLLOWING THE INJURY. HE WAS ABSENT FROM WORK ON 10-2-86 AND 10-3-86, BUT RETURNED TO WORK ON 10-6-86. HE DI8 NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENT UNTIL 10-7-86.