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Kiser Gap Strip: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Pittston Company
Duty, Russell County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406559

MSHA record for Kiser Gap Strip (mine ID 4406559). 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
1991–1993
Latest incident
Aug 1993
Ownership history
  1. Clinchfield Coal Company 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Kiser Gap Strip sits in Russell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 4.5% 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.
Russell County, Virginia · Population 25,635
4.5%
Mining share of county employment
$49,020
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

1993 · 1 incident

1991 · 1 incident

August 6, 1991 VA · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE DID NOT WORK 8-7-91 OR 8-8-91 DID NOT CALL TIL 650 AM 8-8-91 HE DID NOT REPORT ANY PROBLEM BEFORE HE LEFT 8-6-91. MINER CAME TO NURSING STORIES STATES HE WAS PULLING ON CABLES TO HOOK UP TR EES AND HURT HIS BACK.