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Surface Mine #1: 12 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Burke Scotty
Wise, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405656

MSHA record for Surface Mine #1 (mine ID 4405656). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1986–1989
Latest incident
Feb 1989
Ownership history
  1. Ring Enterprises Inc #2 1981 to 1982
  2. Black Mountain Enterprises Inc 1982 to 1986
  3. Blackmountain Enterprises Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Surface Mine #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

12 on file

1989 · 4 incidents

February 3, 1989 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blackmountain Enterprises Inc · Fall from ladders

WORKING ON LOADER WHILE STNADING ON LADDER/LADDER SLIPPED CAUSING MECHANIC TO FALL TO FLOOR CAUSING INJURY TO BACK.

1988 · 5 incidents

December 30, 1988 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blackmountain Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TAKING GRILL OFF DOZER HURT FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

August 15, 1988 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blackmountain Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR GETTING ON HAULER, HURT BACK GOING UP LADDER.

July 26, 1988 VA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blackmountain Enterprises Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DOZER HAD BACK DRAGED DRILL BENCH FROM A PREVIOUS SHOT COULDNOT SEE CRACKS IN DRIL BENCH. MEASURING DRILL HOLE FELL THROUGH CRACK IN DRILL BENCH.

1986 · 3 incidents

July 25, 1986 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Blackmountain Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP INJURED BAC5 WHILE BEING LOADED BY 922 C ENDLOADER EMP WAS DRIVING TRUCK WHEN INJURED

January 1, 1986 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Black Mountain Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING3LOADER HIT A BUMP HEAD HIT WINDSHIELD.