Mining Incidents

Moss No 2: 1 reportable incident Coal

Clinchfield Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Pittston Company
Clinchfield, Russell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4400281

MSHA record for Moss No 2 (mine ID 4400281). 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
1983
Latest incident
Mar 1983
Ownership history
  1. Clinchfield Coal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Moss No 2 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

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

March 29, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS LOADING SCRAP METAL INTO LOADER BUCKET STRAINING.