Mining Incidents

No 3: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Hiope Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Ronald Combs
Bandy, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406635

MSHA record for No 3 (mine ID 4406635). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1992
Latest incident
Apr 1992
Ownership history
  1. Hiope Mining Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 3 sits in Tazewell County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
Tazewell County, Virginia · Population 39,933
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$45,788
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1992 · 2 incidents

April 27, 1992 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hiope Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKING UP OXYGEN BOTTLE.

April 22, 1992 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hiope Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GOT FOOT CAUGHT GETTING OUT OF SCOOP TWISTING LEG (RIGHT KNEE).