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Mine No 3 Coal

Lick Branch Mining Corp · Underground

Controlled by Justus Donald

Whitewood, Buchanan County, VA · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4406607

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 1991
Latest incident: Nov 1991

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1991 · 3 incidents

November 15, 1991 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE

Lick Branch Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GOT OFF SHUTTLE CAR TO RELIEVE HIMSELF, HE LEFT SHUTTLE CAR RUNNING AND DID NOT ACTIVATE PARKING BRAKE. SHUTTLE CAR CREEPED INTO HIM WHILE HIS BACK WAS TURNED PINNING HIM AGAINST RIB . NO BONES WERE BROKE WAS BRUISED ABOUT HIPS, LOWER BACK AND SHOULDERS.

August 14, 1991 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Lick Branch Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING RUB RAIL ON MINER

January 16, 1991 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY

Lick Branch Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

VICTIM WALKING BESIDE ROOF BOLTER, PIECE OF ROCK APPROXIMATLY 3 1/2' LONG, 15" WIDE, 2" TO 0" THICK FELL BETWEEN ROOF BOLTS STRIKING VICTIM IN LOWER LEFT PORTION OF BACK CAUSING DISC TO COME O UT.