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No 3 Strip & Auger: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Browning Denver
Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404582

No 3 Strip & Auger has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1986.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Aug 1987
Ownership history
  1. General Trucking Corp 1977 to 1985
  2. General Trucking Corp 1985 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)
1988 20 2,124
1987 13 38,321
1986 10 37,332
1985 14 58,856
1984 13 75,300
1983 13 46,213
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 3 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

3 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

August 25, 1987 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
General Trucking Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL UNLOADING 1ARTS FROM BOOM TRUCK WHEN PAN OF DOZER SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON LEFT ANKLE.

January 15, 1987 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
General Trucking Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE STRUCK3A BLOW WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND A SMALL SLIVER OF METAL LODGED IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS NECK.

1986 · 1 incident

May 12, 1986 VA · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
General Trucking Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL MOVING FRO4 LOADER AND STEPPED ON 16 GAL OIL DRUM WHICH TURNED OVER AND HE FELL TO GROUND.