Mining Incidents

No 3 Coal

Betty B Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Thyssen Schachtbau Gmbh
Herald, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4401647

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Nov 1983
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1983 · 5 incidents

August 17, 1983 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

CHECKING FOR OILLEAK ON THE BOOM OF LEE NORSE #265 MINER, PUT PRESSURE ON STABE JACK AND CAME DOWN AND HIT RIGHT FOOT. MANGLED RIGHT GREAT TOE, SEVERE FRACTURE RIGHT SECOND TOE, PARTIAL LOSS R RIGHT GREAT TOE.

March 18, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Betty B Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING OR SLIPPED INTO THE GATHERING PAN OF THE MINER WHILE BREAKING UP ROCK ON THE MINER. EMPLOYEE EVIDENTLY DIDNOT HEAR THE WARNING GIVEN ABOUT THE CONVEYOR CHAIR BEING TURNED ON AND THE PICK ARM CAUGHT HIS LEFT LEG AGAINST THE GATHERING PAN.