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Viking #1: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Viking Resources Inc · Underground
Controlled by Peggy Brown
Panther, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4605737

MSHA record for Viking #1 (mine ID 4605737). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1996–1998
Latest incident
Jun 1998
Ownership history
  1. Hemco Coal Management Corp 1978 to 1988
  2. Tiffany Mining Inc 1988 to 1996
  3. Tiffany Mining Inc 1996 to 1996
  4. Tiffany Mining Inc 1996 to 1998
  5. Acme Leasing Inc 1998 to 2000
  6. Viking Resources Inc 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Viking #1 sits in McDowell County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 13.0% 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.
McDowell County, West Virginia · Population 18,413
13.0%
Mining share of county employment
$29,980
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1998 · 1 incident

June 11, 1998 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Leasing Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CAME TO THE MINES TO CHECK PUMPS, HE TRY TO MOVE THE PUMP IN DEEPER WATER DOING THIS HE HURT HIS BACK THE NEXT WORK SHIFT WAS ON MONDAY THAT WHEN EE TOLD US THAT HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK

1997 · 1 incident

February 1, 1997 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tiffany Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

PULLED RIPPER JACK PINS TO MEASURE PISTONS WAS KNOCKING JACK BACK INTO CLEVIS JACK FELL ONTO RIGHT RING FINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER.

1996 · 1 incident

January 22, 1996 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Tiffany Mining Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS REMOVING A FLAT ROCK FROM TAIL PIECE AND IT DISLODGED AND CAUGHT HIS LIGHT CORD AND DRAGGED HIM 10' DOWN BELT LINE.