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Mine #1: 9 reportable incidents Coal

Wassa Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Barnette Charles R
St. Charles, Lee County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405669

MSHA record for Mine #1 (mine ID 4405669). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Sep 1984
Ownership history
  1. Powell Mountain Coal Company Inc 1981 to 1984
  2. Wassa Mining Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mine #1 sits in Lee County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Lee County, Virginia · Population 22,042
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$42,269
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1984 · 3 incidents

1983 · 6 incidents

January 7, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Powell Mountain Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HAD THUMB BETWEEN ELEVATING ARM AND TRS BAR WHEN HELPER LOWERED CANOPY,PINCHING THUMB.