Mining Incidents

No 1 Strip & Auger: 8 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Charles D Litton
Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405870

MSHA record for No 1 Strip & Auger (mine ID 4405870). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1984–1993
Latest incident
Mar 1993
Ownership history
  1. Skyline Enterprises Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 1 Strip & Auger 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

8 on file

1993 · 1 incident

March 23, 1993 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Skyline Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING DRAIN HOLES WHEN ROCK FELL FROM WALL HITTING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE, CAUSING BRUISES AND CONTUSIONS.

1992 · 2 incidents

December 16, 1992 VA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Skyline Enterprises Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING TREES WITH CHAIN SAW HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON CHAIN SAW CUTTING HIS LEFT LEG.

July 29, 1992 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Skyline Enterprises Inc · Fall from machine

54736YEE WAS GREASING FITTINGS ON LOADER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL FROM TOP OF LOADER TO GROUND.

1991 · 1 incident

September 13, 1991 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Skyline Enterprises Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WORKING ON HYDRAULIC HOSE UNDER A DRILL.BACKED OUT AND HIT HEAD AGAINST CORNER OF DUST BOX. CUTTING TOP OF HEAD.

1990 · 1 incident

January 25, 1990 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Skyline Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS LIFTING 455# DRUM OF ANTIFREEZE & STARTED TO HAVE SEVERE PAIN IN LEFT SIDE.

1989 · 1 incident

December 5, 1989 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Skyline Enterprises Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS ON SIDE OF LOADER, WIPING MIRROR, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL, HITTING HIM ON RIGHT HAND, BREAKING BONE IN HAND.

1986 · 1 incident

December 6, 1986 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Skyline Enterprises Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG REPAIR WORK ON DOZER HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STEP ONTO LADDER WHEN HE MISSED A STEP AND FELL OFF DOZER CAUSING INJURY TO RT LEG

1984 · 1 incident

March 19, 1984 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Skyline Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE DOZER OPERATOR INADVERTALLY BACKED OFF OF AN EMBANKMENT CAUSING DOZE TO TURN OVER. THE OPERATOR RECEIVED A FRACTURED RIB WHICH CAUSED A SMALL PUNCTURE OF RIGHT LUND, HE ALSO RECEIVED LACE RATIONS IN THE SCALP AREA OF HIS HEAD AND NUMEROUT BRUISES TO THE REST OF HIS BODY