Mining Incidents

Alma No 3 Mine Coal

F & B Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Willie Blankenship
Matewan, Mingo County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606675

MSHA record for Alma No 3 Mine (mine ID 4606675). 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
1983
Latest incident
Jan 1983
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

January 2, 1983 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
F & B Coal Inc · Struck by powered moving object

MAN WAS STARTING TO CLEAN OUT DECK OF SCOOP ON OUTSIDE OF MINE HAD TURNED ON SCOOP & WENT TO GET SOMETHING TO CLEAN FROZEN MATERIAL OUT OF DECK MAN WAS STANDING BEHIND SCOOP WITH ONE FOOT ON D & ONE IN DECK MAN WAS POUNDING ON FROZEN MATERIAL & SCOOP JUMPED INTO TRAM SCOOP GOT ON MANS FOOT FOOT HAS 2 FXS ACCORDING TO MAN

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