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Pilot Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Lawson John & Truman
St Paul, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4405061

MSHA record for Pilot Mine (mine ID 4405061). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Apr 1983
Ownership history
  1. Ergoliv Coal Company Inc 1978 to 1978
  2. Pilot Coal Corp 1978 to 1980
  3. Dry Fork Mining Company Inc 1980 to 1981
  4. Little David Coal Company Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pilot Mine 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

1983 · 3 incidents