Mining Incidents

Lonesome Pine #2 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Wise, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406271

MSHA record for Lonesome Pine #2 Mine (mine ID 4406271). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Mar 1986
Ownership history
  1. Lonesome Pine Mining Company Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Lonesome Pine #2 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

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident

March 15, 1986 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lonesome Pine Mining Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL IN BE5T HEADING APPROX. 60' LONG, 20' WIDE, 4'-6' THICK (ABOVE ANCHORAGE). OCCURRED OVER WEEKEN, NO ADVANCE WARNING ON LAST SHIFT. COVERED ROOF DRILL LOCATED IN FACE AREA.