Victory Mining Corp · Fall from machine
STARTED TO GET 8OWN OFF TRUCK, SLIPPED & FELL TO GROUND.
Mine No 1: 2 reportable incidents Coal
MSHA record for Mine No 1 (mine ID 4606899). 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
- 1986–1987
- Latest incident
- Jan 1987
Ownership history
- Victory Mining Corp 1985 to 1985
- Victory Mining Corp 1985 to 1987
- Symcor Limited 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Mine No 1 sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.McDowell County, West Virginia · Population 18,413
13.0%
Mining share of county employment
$29,980
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1987 · 1 incident
1986 · 1 incident
February 22, 1986
WV · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Victory Mining Corp · Struck against a moving object
PUSHING IN SHOT3TO LOADER, ROCK SLIPPED FROM UNDER CAUSING DOZER TO SLIDE OVER FACE OF SHOT. OPERATOR HIT HIS HEAD ON ROLL CAB CAUSING BAD HEAD CUT