Mountaineer Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
ROCK FALL IN IN7 OF #3 ENTRY 125' INSIDE @ SPAD 12. APPROX 28'X20'X8'.
No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal
Mountaineer Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Stephen D Halsey; Carl A Hamilton
Coeburn,
Wise County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406280
MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 4406280). 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
- 1986
- Latest incident
- Apr 1986
Ownership history
- Mountaineer Coal Company Inc 1986 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
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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.