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Mountain Energy: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Mountain Energy Inc · Facility
Controlled by Steve Meade
Norton, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404284

MSHA record for Mountain Energy (mine ID 4404284). 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
1983–1993
Latest incident
Jul 1993
Ownership history
  1. Norton Coal Company 1976 to 1981
  2. Summit Resources Inc 1981 to 1983
  3. Mullins Coal Sales Inc 1983 to 1987
  4. Norton Tipples Inc 1987 to 1994
  5. Mountain Energy Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mountain Energy 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

2 on file

1993 · 1 incident

July 22, 1993 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountain Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LABOR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING LARGE PIECE OF ROCK FROM COAL BELT FEEDING COAL CRUSHER WHILE REMOVING ROCK PULL STOMACH MUSLE.

1983 · 1 incident

May 17, 1983 VA · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Summit Resources Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF A LOADED RAILROAD CAR OBTAINING A COAL SAMPLE AND FELL OFF TO THE GROUND