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No 1 Mine: 5 reportable incidents Coal

Elro Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Rose Avery
Applachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4403286

No 1 Mine has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
May 1984
Ownership history
  1. Elro Coal Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1988 0
1987 0
1986 0
1985 6 28,874
1984 13 63,121
1983 15 74,824
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 1 Mine 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

5 on file

1984 · 1 incident

May 31, 1984 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Elro Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RUNNING SHUTTLE CAR HE HIT A BUMP CAUGHT HIS HEAD BETWEEN TOP AND SHUTTLE CAR CANOPY POST. BRUISED LEFT SIDE OF HEAD OVER EAR, AND RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD BEHIND EAR. PULLED MUSCLES IN NECK.

1983 · 4 incidents

November 9, 1983 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Elro Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

JACK PUT HIS KNEE ON A LUMP OF COAL BRUISNG IT CAUSING BLOOD CLODS

August 1, 1983 VA · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Elro Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS PULLING TRI SCOOTER WITH SCOOP & SCOOP PULLED & THREW TRI SCOOTER INTO TOP WHERE INJURED HEAD WAS OVER TOP OF TRI SCOOTER WHICH PINNED INJURED HEAD INTO TOP

June 10, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Elro Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

DANNY WAS SETTING TEMPARY ROOF SUPPORT AND HAD ALL BUT 2 SET AND WAS REACHING FOR ANOTHER AND ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT HIM IN THE LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG

May 10, 1983 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Elro Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

DAVID WAS RUNNING SHUTTLECAR AND HIT BUMP IN HAULAGEWAY