Mining Incidents

No 3 Mine Coal

Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Theodore Yates
Pound, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406585

MSHA record for No 3 Mine (mine ID 4406585). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1990–1993
Latest incident
Jan 1993
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

January 20, 1993 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

AN UNSTABLE AREA ADJOINING A PREVIOUS FALL COLLAPSED & FELL FOR APPROX 602X20FTWX10FTHIGH NO EQUIPMENT OR PERSONELL WERE INJURED

January 18, 1993 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

THE FALL WAS FOUND AT APPROX 6:30 AM BY THE PRE-SHIFT MINE EXAMINER. THIS AREA HAD BEEN DETERMINED TO BE UNSTABLE ON 1-4-93. THE AREA HA DBEEN DANGERED OFF SINCE THAT TIME. THERE WAS NO PHYS ICAL INJURY LOSS OF EQUIPMENT OR DISRUPTION OF VENTILATION. DESIGNATED ESCAPEWAYS WERE NOT AFFECTED.

1992 · 2 incidents

September 24, 1992 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLLYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RAISE MINER OFF THE BOTTOM TO WORK ON THE PAD BY PLACING A CRIB BLOCK UNDER THE CUTTER HEAD & LOWERING THE HEAD THE CUTTER HEAD THEN CREPPED OFF THE BLOCK STRIKING T HE EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT SHOULDER

April 21, 1992 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF DRILL, NOT PAYING ATTENTION, AND LOWERED DRILL HOOD ONTO HIS FOOT.

1991 · 6 incidents

September 3, 1991 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL OPERATING ROOF BOLTER.WHILE LOWERING DRILL HEAD TO DRILL NEXT HOLE,PLACED FOOT IN POSITION AND CAUGHT IT MASHING IT.

June 26, 1991 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOWERING DRILLHEAD ON ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL DRILL STEEL CAUGHT IN THE DRILL BOOM THE OPPOSITE END OF THE DRILL STEEL STRUCK HIM IN THE THIGH CAUSING A BRUISE

March 22, 1991 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ON MINER SITTING AGAINST COAL RIB WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF RIB WITH ROCK IN IT FELL OFF STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT SHOULDER AREA

January 10, 1991 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Har-Lee Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

RAN OVER OBJECT

1990 · 1 incident

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