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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

No 1 Mine has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1983.

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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.
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)
1990 4
1989 23 114,553
1988 23 118,103
1987 27 148,057
1986 13 66,599
1985 27 159,762
1984 32 167,050
1983 13 42,615
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 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.