Mining Incidents

No 2 Strip: 1 reportable incident Coal

Palmer Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Palmer Bernard
Coeburn, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404059

MSHA record for No 2 Strip (mine ID 4404059). 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
1984
Latest incident
Jul 1984
Ownership history
  1. Palmer Coal Company 1975 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 2 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

1984 · 1 incident

July 19, 1984 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Palmer Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATING DRILL, SLIPPED-HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH FAN ON DRILL.