Mining Incidents

Surface Mine No 1: 1 reportable incident Coal

Blair Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Amvest Corporation
Wise, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405313

MSHA record for Surface Mine No 1 (mine ID 4405313). 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
1983
Latest incident
Feb 1983
Ownership history
  1. Blair Coal Company 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Surface Mine 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

1983 · 1 incident

February 25, 1983 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blair Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS REFUELING DOZER WHEN HE FELL OFF TRACKS BRUISING HIS BACK.