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National No 1 Surface Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Wellmore Coal Corp · Surface
Controlled by United Company
Grundy, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406043

MSHA record for National No 1 Surface Mine (mine ID 4406043). 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
1984
Latest incident
Oct 1984
Ownership history
  1. Wellmore Coal Corp 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

National No 1 Surface Mine sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
Buchanan County, Virginia · Population 19,857
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,216
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

1984 · 1 incident

October 2, 1984 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Wellmore Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL CABLE OUT THAT WAS HUNG IN THE WINCH, WINCH WENT IN AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEES HAND BETWEEN THE WINCH AND CABLE RESULTING IN BROKEN LEFT THUMB