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No 2: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Nehemiah Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Jeffrey W Newberry
Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406887

No 2 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1998.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
May 1998
Ownership history
  1. Nehemiah Coal Company Inc 1997 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)
2000 0
1999 0
1998 5 7,059
1997 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 2 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.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1998 · 3 incidents

May 18, 1998 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nehemiah Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

ON 8/7/98, EE REPORTED THAT BETWEEN 5/18-31/98 THAT HE HURT HIS SHOULDER WHILE PULLING MINER CABLE. HE DID NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENT BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WAS ARTHRITIS. HE HAS NOT MISSED WORK T O DATE; HOWEVER HIS DOCTOR HAS TOLD HIM HE MUST HAVE SURGERY.

May 12, 1998 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Nehemiah Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO I WAS HELPING THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR AND THE SHUTTLE CAR WAS ANCHORED IN A HIGH PLACE AND THE CHAIN WAS TRYING TO HANG UP ON THE CAR AND I WAS STANDING TOO CLOSE TO TH E ANCHOR AND WHEN I HAD THE SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR START THE CAR AND PULL FORWARD THE CABLE CAME LOOSE AND HIT ME IN THE MOUTH UNDER THE NOSE. I DIDNOT KNOW TEETH WERE CRACKED UNTIL I WENT TO D

February 10, 1998 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Nehemiah Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS OPERATING THE ROOF BOLTER AND A ROCK FELL FROM THE TOP AND THE EE MOVED HIS HAND TO AVOID THE ROCK AND IN DOING SO HE HIT HIS HAND ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON ON THE SIDE OF THE ROOF BOLTE R, FRACTURING AND CUTTING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.