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Va City Mine: 4 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Garry W Carroll
St. Paul, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4406801

Va City Mine has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1996.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1996–1998
Latest incident
Sep 1998
Ownership history
  1. Garry Carroll Trucking Inc 1995 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)
1998 21 119,197
1997 28 230,827
1996 26 205,238
1995 18 44,954
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Va City Mine 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

4 on file

1998 · 3 incidents

September 7, 1998 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Garry Carroll Trucking Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ANOTHER EE WAS USING LOADER & CHAIN TO MOVE EQUIPMENT PARTS. INJURED WAS HOOKING CHAIN. THE CHAIN HUNG & HE PULLED THE CHAIN. WHEN THE SLACK CAME OUT, IT STRUCK HIM IN LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE NE AR HIS EYE. HE WENT TO ER, THEY CLEANED & DRESSED CUT.

May 24, 1998 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Garry Carroll Trucking Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS REPAIRING A 6" DISCHARGE LINE WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE HIGH WALL STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT HIP. HE WENT TO DR. ESTABON, HE SAID HE HAD A BRUISED HIP, BUT NO BROKEN BONES.

1996 · 1 incident

January 19, 1996 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Garry Carroll Trucking Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR OF THE COAL HAULER WHEN THE LOADER OPERATOR DUMPED SOME ROCK INTO THE HAULER BED. JOLTED HIM CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN.