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Strip #2: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Freeman Daniel V
Coeburn, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405909

Strip #2 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Sep 1986
Ownership history
  1. Nessa Coal Company Inc 1982 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)
1987 48 81,624
1986 31 90,326
1985 22 78,449
1984 28 91,238
1983 16 54,736
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Strip #2 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

1986 · 1 incident

September 12, 1986 VA · Coal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nessa Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO REPAIR DRILL CURTAIN USING POCKET KNIFE TO CUT HOLES IN MATERIAL TO INSERT WIRING FOR THREADING TO HOLD TWO PIECES OF MATERIAL TOGETHER KNIFE PARTIALLY CLOSED ON RT INDEX FINGER C6TTING SAME

1985 · 1 incident

March 25, 1985 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Nessa Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING LOADE9 WHEN ROCK ROLLED OFF SHOULDER FROM SHOT STRIKING BUCKET OF LOADER CAUSING IT TO TILT FORWARD.OPERATOR WAS JARRED WHICH CAUSED WINCING OF SHOULDER,NECK AND BACK.

1983 · 1 incident

May 3, 1983 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Nessa Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

HOSE BLOWED & SPRAYED OIL ON TURBOCHAGER CAUSING FIRE CAUSING HIM TO JUMP OFF DOZER ONTO ROCKS & APRAINING KNEES.