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Strip No 4: 13 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Pittston Company
Pound, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4404876

MSHA record for Strip No 4 (mine ID 4404876). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1983–1989
Latest incident
Apr 1989
Ownership history
  1. K-E-Mo Energy Corp 1977 to 1978
  2. Sycamore Company Inc 1978 to 1979
  3. Clinchfield Coal Company 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Strip No 4 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

13 on file

1989 · 1 incident

April 5, 1989 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

THE INJURED INFORMED HIS FOREMAN THAT WHILE HE WAS TRAMMING A DOZER, HE RAN OVER A ROCK AND SLIGHTLY STRAINED HIS BACK. HE SAID IT WAS NOT SERIOUS. UPON TRYING TO CONTACT THE INJURED, HE REFUS ED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION. THE COMPANY WAS NOT AWARE THAT HE WENT TO A DOCTOR UNTIL A REPORT WAS RECEIVED FROM THE DOCTOR.

1988 · 5 incidents

July 13, 1988 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clinchfield Coal Company · Fall from machine

VICTIM PARKED TRUCK TO BE FUELED HE LAID FUE HOE ON TRACK OF THE DOZER AND CLIMBED UP THE FRON TO F THE DOZER UP TO T HE DECK WHILE STANDING ON THE DECK REACHED OVER TO GET FUEL HOSE RIGHT F OOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FAL ABOUT EIGHT FEET STRIKING RIGHT SHOULDER ON FENDER OF TRUCK AND RIGHT ELBOW ONN RUNNING BBOARD

May 3, 1988 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL BACKED HAULER INTO POSTION TO BE LOADED. LOADER OPERATOR LOADED HAULER. EMPL WAS JARRED IN CAR BY LOADING PROCESS.

April 19, 1988 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FOUR EMPLOYEE S WERE PUTTING SKID PLATE ON 992C BUCKET TWO EMPLOYEES WERE TO HOLD UP SKIDPLATE ON BUCKET ONE WAS TO PUT BOLTS THROUGH THE VICTIM WAS TO PUT NUTS ON PROTRUDING BOLTS WHEN THE T WO EMPLOYEES WERE LIFTING SKID PLATE & TURNED THE PLATE TO PUT ON BUCKET THEY LOST CONTROL & DROPPED PLATE WHICH STRUCK VICTIMS RT.FOOT

March 8, 1988 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by falling object

IN A PREVIOUS INJURY,NAME,WAS REPAIRING THE TRAM PUMP ON A D40K DRILL.HE HAD THE PUMP PINCHED UPP ABOUT 4" WITH A CHAIN HOIST.THE HOIST SLIPPED AND THE INJURED CAUGHT HIS HAND AND FINGER ON TH E PUMP.THE INJURED DID NOT MISS WORK AT THE TIME.HOWEVER,DUE TO LIGAMENT DAMAGE,SURGERY WAS REQUIRED AND HE STARTED MISSING TIME OM 03-08-88.

1987 · 2 incidents

September 29, 1987 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPL GETTING OF0 HAULER CLIMBING DOWN LADDER EMPL STRUCK RIGHT ELBOW ON RADIATOR OF HAULER.

June 12, 1987 VA · Coal welder (shop) STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING RADIATOR FROM INTERNATIONAL TANDEM TRUCK AND STEPPED OFF OF THE FRONT BUMPER TO GRAVELED FLOOR, HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS PLACED ON A LARGE GRAVEL CAUSING HIS ANKLE TO GIVE AWAY , CAUSING A SPR5IN.

1984 · 4 incidents

September 14, 1984 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by falling object

I.NAME & I.NAME SIT DOWN ON A PUSH BEAM THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM A D8 DOZER TO EAT LUNCH THEY GOT THE PUSH BEAM OUT OF BALANCE CAUSING IT TO FALL OVER, PUSH BEAM FELL ON LEG

September 10, 1984 VA · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PIN CEASED HAD TO USE HAMMERING TO BREAK PIN LOOSE, EE H AND WAS BRUISED SKIN BROKEN WITH HAIRLINE FRACTURE.

April 7, 1984 VA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clinchfield Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE OPERATOR STEPPED FROM CAB TO THE TRACK, HIS FOOT SLIPPED HE CAUGHT WITH HIS RIGHT ARM, AND HURT HIS ARM

March 9, 1984 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clinchfield Coal Company · Fall from machine

THE OPERATOR STEPPED OFF THE 992 THAT WAS OPERATING & PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT LEG.

1983 · 1 incident

October 17, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clinchfield Coal Company · Struck by falling object

OFFLOADING 4X8X1/4\\ SHEET OF METAL.FELL ON EMPL FOOT.