Mining Incidents

No 3 Mine Coal

Bristol Coal Corp · Underground
Shortt Gap, Tazewell County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406465

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1988–1991
Latest incident
Apr 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1991 · 1 incident

April 25, 1991 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bristol Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING BITS OR CONT MINER AND THE BIT HOLDING SNAP RING BROKE STRIKING HIS RT EYE.

1990 · 4 incidents

October 1, 1990 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bristol Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A HEAVY PIECE OF MATERIAL WHEN HE CAUGTHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN IT & A PIECE OF WOOD

July 16, 1990 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Bristol Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER WITH FEET HANGING OUTSIDE OF DECK. CONTINUOUS MINER WITH FEET HANGING OUTSIDE OF DECK. CONTINUOUS MINER CAUGHT HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE MINER FRAME AND A ROCK, CAU SING A BRUISED FOOT.

June 22, 1990 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bristol Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MINER OPERATOR REACHED TO MOVE CABLE AWAY FROM CONTINOUS MINER AND THE CABLE CAUGHT ON SHUTTLE CAR AS THE CAR WAS BACKING AWAY. THE CABLE CAUGHT THE MINER OPERATORS RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE FRAM E OF THE CONTINOUS MINER, BRUISNG THE OPERTORS HAND.

February 7, 1990 VA · Coal INUNDATION
Bristol Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

CONTINUOUS MINER CUT INTO OLD WORKS THAT WASN'T PROJECTED ON MINE MAP, NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO MEN OR EQUIPMENT. SECTION WAS MOVED TO NEW LOCATION.

1989 · 2 incidents

November 23, 1989 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bristol Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

A MUD SEAM APPROXIMATELY 7-FOOT ABOVE TH COAL SEAM CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT. THE FALL WAS APPROXIMATELY 17 FEET WIDE AND 20 FEET IN LENGTH. NO PERSONNEL OR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED.

May 24, 1989 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bristol Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR WAS COMPLETING A CUT WHEN DRAW ROCK FELL DIAOGDALY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ACROSS THE FACE RIDING ALONG THE RIB & BOLTS OUTBY THE ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE BOLTS & STRIKING TH 4E MINER OPERATOR ON THE NECK & BACK

1988 · 3 incidents

December 30, 1988 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Bristol Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A WRENCH USED FOR TIGHTENING BOLTS SLIPPED FRO THE BOLT HEAD AND STRUCK THE OPERATOR ON THE FOREARM. THE IMPACT BROKE A BONE IN THE FOREARM.

August 26, 1988 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Bristol Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TURNING A RT BREAK IN THE #3 BELT ENTRY THE CONVEYOR CHAIN ON THE 14-1 JOY MINER SLIPPED OUT OF THE BOOM STRIKING THE OPERATOR ON THE LEFT SHOULDER THE INJURED MAN WAS T AKEN TO A LOCAL CLINIC X-RAYS WERE TAKEN DIAGNOSIS BRUISED SHOULDER

July 15, 1988 VA · Coal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bristol Coal Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING CLOSE TO HIGHWALL ATTEMPTING TO MOVE BEAM AND THE GROUND GAVE WAY UNDER HIM. HE THEN CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HE WAS SUPPORTING HIS BODY IWTH HIS LEFT HAND THER EFORE PULLING CARTILAGE ON LEFT SIDE.