Mining Incidents

Strip No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Ka-Lar Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Waugh Anita
Wise, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406234

MSHA record for Strip No 1 (mine ID 4406234). 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
Jun 1987
Ownership history
  1. Ka-Lar Coal Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Strip No 1 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

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

June 24, 1987 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Ka-Lar Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

HAULER ENGINE Q6IT AND OPERATOR RAN INTO BANK.