Mining Incidents

No 1 Auger: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Hall Andy T
Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4403310

MSHA record for No 1 Auger (mine ID 4403310). 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
1983–1986
Latest incident
Dec 1986
Ownership history
  1. Amos Ridge Coal Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Auger 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

1986 · 1 incident

December 15, 1986 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amos Ridge Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SW3NGING AUGER FLIGHT HE TOOK HIS HAND OFF OF IT AND AUGER FLIGHT HIT HIM ON RT SIDE ON 12-22 EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR FOR CHECK UP AND X-RAY

1983 · 2 incidents

October 26, 1983 VA · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amos Ridge Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

FIRST REPORT ON 10-27-83. EMP HAD BACK PAIN AND COULDNT HARDLY TIE HIS SHOE. APPARENTLY HAD NO PAIN A TIME OF INJURY. EMPLOYEE STATED HE THOUGHT HE HAD INJURED HIMSELF WHILE HANDLING 50 LBS BA GS OF AMMONIA NITRATE THEN LATER SAID IT MAY HABVE BEEN WHILE LIFTED THE END GATE FOR A COAL TRUCK HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 11-1-83 HE DIDNT WORK 11-1-83 HE WENT TO A DOCTOR DOCTOR ADVISED

January 3, 1983 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Amos Ridge Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE\S WRENCH SLIPPED & STRUCK HIM ON HIS FRONT TEETH- 2 LEFT UPPER TEETH CHIPPED & RIGHT ONE CRACKED.