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No 1 Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Shirl Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Jerry W Maggard
St. Charles, Lee County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406003

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4406003). 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
1983–1988
Latest incident
Jun 1988
Ownership history
  1. Lescox Coal Company Inc 1983 to 1986
  2. Shirl Coal Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Mine sits in Lee County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Lee County, Virginia · Population 22,042
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$42,269
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

1988 · 1 incident

June 4, 1988 VA · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shirl Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS IN POSITION TO TAKE CHAIN FROM BATTERY TRAY. MIINE FLOOR WAS WET EMPL LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL. EMPL TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF BUT HIS ARM WENT UNDER BATTERY TRAY SHAKING BATTERY & CA USING THEM TO FALL ON ARM.

1984 · 1 incident

February 13, 1984 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Lescox Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

REAR WHEEL OF DRILL MACHINE ROLLED OVER RIGHT FOOT

1983 · 1 incident

August 25, 1983 VA · Coal brattice man/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lescox Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED MAN STATED THAT HIS STRAINED HIS BACK WAS A RECURRING INJURY THAT WAS CONTRIBUTED TO BY HSI LIFTING CINDERBLOCKS WHILE BUILDING A STOPPING.