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Hickory Gap Strip #4: 8 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Hickory Gap Strip #4 is a temporarily idled coal (bituminous) surface mine in Wise County, Virginia, operated by J W Construction Company Inc with 0 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4407409). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 8 citations and orders there with $1,470 in proposed penalties, and 3 accident reports were filed there, with 3 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4407409
- Status
- Temporarily Idled since June 26, 2024
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Wise County, Virginia
- Nearest town
- Wise
- Operator
- J W Construction Company Inc
- Employees
- 0
- MSHA field office
- Norton VA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 8
- Significant and substantial
- 3 (37.5%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $1,470
- Amount paid so far
- $1,470
- Inspections
- 12
- Inspector hours on site
- 267
- Citations per inspection
- 0.67 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 3
- Injury and illness cases
- 3
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- September 10, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 5 ($2,366 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | $133 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | $286 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | $1,051 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Hickory Gap Strip #4
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.410 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1102 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.404 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.208 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Hickory Gap Strip #4
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 2 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 1 |
What the accident reports at Hickory Gap Strip #4 describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Powered haulage | 1 |
| Handling of materials | 1 |
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Hickory Gap Strip #4
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Front-end loader | 2 |
| Bulldozer | 1 |
Other open mines in Wise County, Virginia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osaka | Cumberland Coal Corporation | Wise County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 318 |
| North Fork #6 | Cumberland Coal Corporation | Wise County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 78 |
| True Energy Fuels Mine No. 2 | True Energy Fuels LLC | Wise County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 63 |
| Toms Creek Complex | Paramont Contura, LLC | Wise County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 42 | 58 |
| Pardee Plant/loadout | Cumberland Coal Corporation | Wise County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 50 |
| No 1 Prep Plant | Red River Coal Company Inc | Wise County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 2 | 50 |
| Pigeon Creek | Cumberland Coal Corporation | Wise County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 4 | 35 |
| Nev #1 | Next Endeavor Ventures LLC | Wise County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 32 |
| Paragon Loadout | 4TH Gen Fuels | Wise County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 31 |
| Highwall Miner #1 | CC Resources, LLC | Wise County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 26 |
| Plant No. 1 | Beldon Processing LLC. | Wise County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 23 |
| Preacher Creek Strip | A & G Coal Corporation | Wise County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 3 | 20 |
| Stonega Strip #10 | J W Construction Company Inc | Wise County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 18 |
| Derby Strip #9 | J W Construction Company Inc | Wise County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 7 | 17 |
| Shop | Red River Coal Company Inc | Wise County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 4 | 13 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.