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Black Bear #3Coal

Dante, Russell County, VA · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407009
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
Apr 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2001 · 1 incident

Motivation Coal Company
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING A BOTTOMROLLER ON A 475 KOMATSU DOZER. WHILE USING A CHAIN AND HYDRAULIC BOOM INJURED STATED THAT THE ROLLER BECAME LODGED WITHIN A FEW INCHES OF THE FRAME. AS HE DISLODGE T HE ROLLER, THE ROLLER CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND THE FRAME.

2000 · 1 incident

Motivation Coal Company
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING CHAIN SAW, CUT A LIMB THAT WAS IN A BIND. LIMB STRUCK HIM IN THE FOREHEAD AND WHEN HE FELL THE SAW CUT IS LEFT FOOT.