Mining Incidents

No 1 Strip: 1 reportable incident Coal

Mulco Inc · Surface
Controlled by Steven R Mullins
Pound, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405981

MSHA record for No 1 Strip (mine ID 4405981). 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
1983
Latest incident
Oct 1983
Ownership history
  1. Mulco Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

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

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

October 19, 1983 VA · Coal drill operator EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Mulco Inc · Struck by flying object

ACCIDENT WAS EVIDENTLY CAUSED WHEN 1 HOLE IN A SHOT BLEW OUT DUE TO A HILL SEAM CAUSING FLY ROCK TO STRIKE EQUIPMENT BEING USED TO DETONATE THE SHOT