Mining Incidents

No 1: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Big Mac Coal Company Inc · Underground
Eolia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406001

MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4406001). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jul 1984
Ownership history
  1. Big Mac Coal Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 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

3 on file

1984 · 2 incidents

July 27, 1984 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Big Mac Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

WAS IN FINAL PUSH OUT #4 BLOCK. ALL TIMBERS WERE GET OT SPEICIFILATIONS. WAS LOADING LAST S.C. FOREMAN WAS SETTING BESIDE MINER OF HEARD TIMBER CRACK TOLD OPERATOR TO BACK OUT, WHEN TOP STARTE D COMING DOWN.

1983 · 1 incident