Mining Incidents

No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Cranks Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Ely Arnold
Pennington Gap, Lee County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405937

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4405937). 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
1988
Latest incident
Jan 1988
Ownership history
  1. Little Mountain Coal Inc 1982 to 1987
  2. Cranks Mining Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 sits in Lee County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Lee County, Virginia · Population 22,042
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$42,269
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

1988 · 1 incident

January 18, 1988 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cranks Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BELT STRUCTURE AND ROLLS OF BELT INTO SCOOP WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURED 4-12-88 EMPLOYEE HAD OPERATION FOR HERNIA ON RT SIDE