Mining Incidents

No 3 Coal

Keenco Coal Corp · Underground
Controlled by Keen Larry R
Verner, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4607449

MSHA record for No 3 (mine ID 4607449). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
May 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

May 7, 1988 WV · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Desperado Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING MOBILE BRIDGE UNIT TO THE OUTSIDE. ENTRY WAS ONLY 16' WIDE DUE TO THE FIRST LINE OF BREAKS REQUIREMENTS. HE WAS PINNED INTO RIB WHEN MINER WAS ROUNDING CORNER STIFF JACKI NG HIS UNIT SIDEWAYS. INJURED WAS BRUISED HIPS AND NOT BELIEVED TO BE SERIOUS.

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