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Alma No 3 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

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

Alma No 3 Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jan 1983
Ownership history
  1. B U M Coals Inc 1983 to 1984
  2. B U M Coals Inc 1984 to 1984
  3. F & B Coal Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1984 9 9,915
1983 12 7,804
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Alma No 3 Mine sits in Mingo County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 15.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Mingo County, West Virginia · Population 22,979
15.0%
Mining share of county employment
$39,527
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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