BELT STAND WAS WELDED TO BEAM TO ACT AS GUIDE FOR WINCH LINE. COGER WAS STANDING ON TIGHT SIDE OF OPERATION. LEG ON BELT STAND BROKE, CABLE HIT COGER & PROPELLED HIM INTO BRICK WALL.
Appalantic #3 Mine Coal
Hayhurst & Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Hayhurst James W Ii
Weston,
Lewis County,
WV
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4606357
MSHA record for Appalantic #3 Mine (mine ID 4606357). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Oct 1983
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
October 20, 1983
WV · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
Fatality · MACHINERY
Hayhurst & Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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