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No 1 Strip: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Controlled by Amvest Corporation
Pound, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406329

No 1 Strip has had 1 fatality among 3 reportable incidents since 1989.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Dec 1989
Ownership history
  1. South Fork Energy Company 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 5 5,325
1989 27 181,053
1988 27 166,473
1987 27 182,468
1986 28 5,610
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.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
December 20, 1989 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
South Fork Energy Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED DURING A MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE DRIVE LINE. FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, THE DRIVER EXITED THE DRIVER'S COMPARTMENT AND BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL OF THE MOVING VEHICLE AS THE VEHICLE DESCENDED BACKWARDS DOWN AN ELEVEN PERCENT GRADE.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1989 · 2 incidents

October 31, 1989 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
South Fork Energy Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPLACING THE HOOD ON A 992-C. THE HOOD SLIPPED AND FELL ON FINGER.

October 16, 1989 VA · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
South Fork Energy Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE BIT ON DRILL WHEN HE GOT HIS SHIRT CAUGHT IN ROTATION JERKING HIS ARM.