Mining Incidents

No 1 Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Waw Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Walker John
Pardee, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405760

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4405760). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Dec 1985
Ownership history
  1. Crystal Enterprises Inc 1981 to 1982
  2. L F & E Coal Company Inc 1982 to 1983
  3. M & T Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1984
  4. Double T Coal Corp 1984 to 1985
  5. Waw Coal Company Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

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

2 on file

1985 · 2 incidents

November 11, 1985 VA · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Waw Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

MAN SAYS HE WAS3HURT WHILE RUNNING SCOOP NO WITNESS. DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT TO ANYONE. MONTH LATER BEFORE REPORTING ANYTHING.