Mining Incidents

No 5 Strip And Auger: 1 reportable incident Coal

Freeman Fuels Inc · Surface
Controlled by Freeman Daniel V
Clintwood, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406412

MSHA record for No 5 Strip And Auger (mine ID 4406412). 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
1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987
Ownership history
  1. Freeman Fuels Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 5 Strip And Auger sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
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

1987 · 1 incident

November 4, 1987 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Freeman Fuels Inc · Fall from machine

SUBJECT WAS DIS4OUNTING PARKED COAL TRUCK AND FELL TO THE GROUND CAUSING INJURY TO RIGHT ELBOW BRUISING LOWER PORTION OF BACK.