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Mine No 1: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Papaw Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Mark S Wooten
Clinchco, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406916

MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 4406916). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1998–1999
Latest incident
Dec 1999
Ownership history
  1. Fleetwood Energy Inc 1998 to 1998
  2. J Cress Enterprises Inc 1998 to 1999
  3. Papaw Coal Company Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mine No 1 sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 612 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1999 · 5 incidents

December 16, 1999 VA · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales POWERED HAULAGE
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE DRIVER STATED THAT THE TRUCK JUMPED OUT OF GEAR. HE HIT HIS BRAKES & DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD NONE.

November 12, 1999 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REMOVING PINNER STEEL FROM ROOF WITH PIN WRENCH AND STEEL.

October 11, 1999 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Papaw Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE SAID HE WAS LIFTING HYD PUMP FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

April 9, 1999 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
J Cress Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

CUTTING ROCK AND MINER ROCKED AND DROPPED DOWN, HURTING HIS BACK.

1998 · 1 incident

September 11, 1998 VA · Coal scoop car operator MACHINERY
Fleetwood Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING BOLTMACHINE CABLE OVER TO THE RIB WHEN THE OPERATOR TURNED THE CABLE REEL ON STRIKING HIM AND PINNING HIM ON THE COAL RIB. COMPLAINED OF BACK HURTING.