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Strip No1: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Jerry W Wharton
Clinchco, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406840

MSHA record for Strip No1 (mine ID 4406840). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1998–2000
Latest incident
Jan 2000
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
1
inspections on record
5
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 5 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Cat Coal Company Inc 1996 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)
2000 9 17,663
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Strip No1 sits in Dickenson County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 9.8% 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.
Dickenson County, Virginia · Population 13,920
9.8%
Mining share of county employment
$43,831
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 11,124 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2000 · 1 incident

January 11, 2000 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cat Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE PICKED UP CUTTING EDGE, TO HIS LOADER BUCKET, AND STRAINED HIS BACK. HE TRIED TO WORK FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, WENT TO THE DR THUR. 1-13-00, MISSED WORK ON FRIDAY 1-14-00.

1999 · 1 incident

September 18, 1999 VA · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cat Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING WINDOWS ON DKS-45 DRILL AND CLOSED THE DOOR OF THR DRILL ON HIS LEFT THUMB

1998 · 2 incidents

December 8, 1998 VA · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cat Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING A SECTION OF WIRE ROPE FOR HIS AUGER, AS HE STRUCK THE CUTTING DEVICE WITH A HAMMER FRAGMENTS SPLINTERD OFF, LODGING IN THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND. SURGERY WAS NEEDED TO REMOVE THE EMBEDDED METAL. 10 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE INCISION CREATED DURING SURGERY

June 29, 1998 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cat Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A DRILL AND STARTED WALKING OVER TO A HAULER 20 YDS AWAY. AS HE APPROACHED THE HAULER, HE BECAME WEAK AND BLACKED OUT, FALLING FACE FIRST TO THE GROUND. HE CUT HIS UPPE R LIP, REQUIRING 7 STITCHES. HE WAS EXAMINED AND SENT BACK TO WORK.