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No 1 Strip: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Amvest Corporation
Wise, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404882

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

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Mar 1984
Ownership history
  1. Lower Clintwood Coal Company 1977 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)
1986 0
1985 0
1984 14 84,601
1983 31 158,572
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 1 Strip 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

3 on file

1984 · 1 incident

March 1, 1984 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lower Clintwood Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS CLEANING OUT A HAULER WITH A LOADER. HE STOOD UP & THE LOADER MOVED HURTING HIS BACK. EE HAS LONG PAST HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS.

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1983 · 2 incidents

July 9, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lower Clintwood Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A DRIVE LINE IN A 988B LOADER WHEN THE DRIVE LINE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RT INDEX FINGER

April 25, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lower Clintwood Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS DRILLING A BOLT OF A DOZER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FROM THE CUTTING WENT INTO HIS RT EYE