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No 3 Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Bee Tree Coals Inc · Underground
Controlled by Ousley Gary Dale
Gunlock, Magoffin County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1514630

No 3 Mine has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
May 1985
Ownership history
  1. Bee Tree Coals Inc 1984 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)
1985 23 23,066
1984 13 4,376
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 3 Mine sits in Magoffin County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Magoffin County, Kentucky · Population 11,495
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$33,632
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

1985 · 1 incident

May 16, 1985 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator MACHINERY
Bee Tree Coals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE CUTTER MAN CAME TO A INTERSECTION AND DIDNT SWING CUTTER WIDE ENOUGH TO ALLOW ENOUGH ROOM SO THE CUTTER WOULDNT BE IN THE RIB. BY NOT DOING SO THE CUTTER PIN THE OPERATOR FOOT AGAINST THE

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1984 · 2 incidents

August 14, 1984 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bee Tree Coals Inc · Accident type, without injuries

NO PERSONS INVOLVED - SECTION OF IMMEDIAL ROOF FELL APPROX 30\ LONG AND 8\ THICK NO DAMAGE - SEE #4 ABOVE

June 20, 1984 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bee Tree Coals Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

STRANED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK WHILE TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER.