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Shop No 3 Coal

Wellmore Coal Corp · Facility

Controlled by United Company

Big Rock, Buchanan County, VA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4406694

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 1992–1993
Latest incident: Jan 1993

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1993 · 1 incident

January 29, 1993 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Wellmore Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PUT A CONVEYOR CHAIN BACK IN THE STAMPLER FEEDER, WHEN HE FELT A STING IN HIS SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE DID NOT BEGIN LOSING TIME UNTIL 2-2-93.

1992 · 1 incident

May 21, 1992 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Wellmore Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 05-21-92 EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PIPE & A BREAKER BAR TO REMOVE BOLTS FROM A MINER HEAD WHEN ONE OF THE BOLTS BROKE LOOSE HE FELT A STING IN HIS GROIN AREA HE DID NOT RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR THIS OCCURRENCE UNTOL 06-22-92 ON THAT DATEHE WENT OUT TO WORK AT 7:00 AM LATER COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA & LEFT WORK AT 8:00 TO SEE A DOC ON 06-22-92 HE WAS TREATED BY A PHYSI