Mining Incidents

No 1 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Raven Contractors Inc · Underground
Controlled by Mullins Bob R
Coeburn, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406454

MSHA record for No 1 Mine (mine ID 4406454). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Nov 1988
Ownership history
  1. Raven Contractors Inc 1988 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

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

November 3, 1988 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Raven Contractors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PLACING AUGER CHAIN PIN IN PLACE WITH A HAMMER CHIPPED A PIECE OF METAL OFF OF PIN & HIT MINER OPERATOR IN THE FACE BELOW THE RT.EYE