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No 3 Mine Coal

Controlled by Hufford V Williams
Meta, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516666

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
Sep 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
93
citations
5
significant & substantial
$5,837
proposed penalties
$5,470
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 2,770 1 0 361.0
2006 Q4 7,226 3 0 415.2
2006 Q3 7,055 1 0 141.7
2006 Q2 7,013 6 0 855.6
2006 Q1 7,830 1 0 127.7
2005 Q4 7,037 2 0 284.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 1 incident

September 29, 2003 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Williams Brothers Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE MINER OPERATOR WAS TRAMMING THE MINER TO A FRESH CUT. HE LOOKED OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER TO SEE WHERE THE MINER HELPER WAS. THE MINER RAN OVER A SMALL ROLL IN THE BOTTOM, CAUSING THE MACHINE TO TEETER-TOTTER. THE OPERATOR'S HEAD WAS BETWEEN THE MACHINE DECK AND THE MINE ROOF. THIS RESULTED IN BURSTING THE OPERATOR'S HARD HAT.

2002 · 1 incident

October 7, 2002 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
Williams Brothers Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SCOOP OPERATOR HAD HIS ARM OUTSIDE SCOOP DECK. WHILE SCOOPING RIB, THE SCOOP SLID TO THE RIGHT, CATCHING OPERATING ARM BETWEEN THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT & RIB.

2001 · 1 incident