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No 15: 7 reportable incidents Coal

Phil Strouth Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Strouth Philmon
Wise, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406485

MSHA record for No 15 (mine ID 4406485). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1989–1991
Latest incident
May 1991
Ownership history
  1. Phil Strouth Coal Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 15 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

7 on file

1991 · 4 incidents

March 22, 1991 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Phil Strouth Coal Company · Fall from machine

GOING DOWN INCLINE AND DOWNSHIFTED FRONT-END LOADER WHEN THE ENGINE DIED-JUMPED FROM LOADER AND FRACTURED RIGHT ANKLE ON LEFT SIDE.

January 3, 1991 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Phil Strouth Coal Company · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS AND HIT ON LEFT SHOULDER.

1990 · 2 incidents

September 13, 1990 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Phil Strouth Coal Company · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL ON HAND WHILE PINNING TOP.

1989 · 1 incident

October 18, 1989 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Phil Strouth Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE INSTALLING ROOF SUPPORT ROCK FELL AND HIT ON RIGHT FOOT AND BRUISED IT.