Mining Incidents

Phipps Dock: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by El Paso Energy Corp
Coeurn, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405863

MSHA record for Phipps Dock (mine ID 4405863). 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
1998
Latest incident
Sep 1998
Ownership history
  1. Phipps Dock Inc 1982 to 1987
  2. Coastal Coal Company Llc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Phipps Dock 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, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. 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 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1998 · 1 incident

September 17, 1998 VA · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator POWERED HAULAGE
Coastal Coal Company Llc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TIE UP THE BRAKE ON A RAILROAD CAR USING A BRAKE STICK. WHEN HE COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO STOP HE DROPPED THE STICK. WHILE TRYING TO CLIMB UPON THE CAR HIS FOOT SLIPPE D CAUSING HIS RIGHT FOOT TO SLIP UNDER THE FRONT WHEEL OF THE CAR, AMPUTATING 1/2 OF BIG TOE AND THREE FOLLOWING TOES ON THE RIGHT FOOT. BRUISING TO THE RIGHT SIDE.