Mining Incidents

No 3Coal

Controlled by Bruce Burgess
Gilbert, Mingo County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4608679
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
30
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
May 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

30 on file

2001 · 5 incidents

Struck by flying object

PUTTING WRECK RAIL CAR ON TRACK, BLOCKING FLEW OUT HIT LOWER LEFT LEG.

Struck against stationary object

RAMMED HEAD INTO A HANGER PLATE ONE ANOTHER TIME I WAS WALKING AND CRACKED MY HEAD OFF ON 4 INCH WATERLINE.

Struck against a moving object

INJURED BACK OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR. HIT HOLE.

2000 · 25 incidents

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELT HEAD AND TWISTED BACK.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HANGING MINER CABLE. INJURED RIGHT ARM SHOULDER. PULLED MUSCLE.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

STRAINED BACK.

Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FALL 20' LONG BY 20' WIDE BY 4 ' THICK 1000' OUT BY SECTION 1 BREAK OUT BY 1447 SPAD.

Fall from machine

GREASE ON CANOPY OF SCOOP. FELL OUT OF REAR ON HIS BACK.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWISTED RIGHT KNEE WHEN GETTING OFF SCOOP.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIT BACK OF LEFT EAR WITH METAL STRAP.

Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL BETWEEN BOLT AND RIB HIT INJURED PERSON IN BACK WHILE HE WAS ROOF BOLTING.

Struck against stationary object

CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITH CABLE HANGER.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED LOWER BACK LIFTING ROCK DUST.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING MOTOR ON CONTINUOUS MINER INJURED SMALL FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

Struck against stationary object

WAS LOADING SUPPLIES WHEN HE HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON PIN MACHINE

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING CABLE WITH SCOOP. CABLE BROKE AND HIT LEFT SIDE OF FACE.

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

REMOVING BATTERY CLAMP, EMPLOYEE GOT ACID IN HIS LEFT EYE.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

REPAIRING BELT, SLIPPED, FELL, LEFT FOREARM, LEFT WRIST.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING ROCK OUT OF TAIL PIECE AT #3 HEAD INJURED LOWER BACK.

Struck by falling object

ROCK FALL CAUSED BRUISES AND SCRATCHES.

Fall from machine

HE WAS STANDING ON TTHE MINER TRYING TO PULL DOWN LINE CURTAIN, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS ON MINER HURTING HIS LEFT THUMB.

Struck by falling object

HE WAS HANGING UP MINER CABLE WHEN IT FELL DOWN AND HIT HIM IN THE NECK KNOCKING HIM DOWN TO THE GROUND.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING RIB RAIL ON MINER AND SPRAINED LOWER BACK.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS BOLTING TOP AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK

Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS REMOVING A ROCK FROM FEEDER, WHILE HE WASLIFTING THE ROCK HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK.